Mushy has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi PerlMonks,

I was just wondering if anyone has tried Ruby programming language and if they could tell me their impressions on how it compares with perl?

Thanks
-Mushy
Thinking blashphemous thoughts since....I forgot.

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Re: Ruby programming language
by pschoonveld (Pilgrim) on Aug 28, 2000 at 15:44 UTC
    Well, it sure doesn't look like Sather. Sather is definately where the action is. Most hard core programmers I know truly feel sather will replace java and c++ in the near future.