What the AM said ;-)

I've been learning Ruby on the side this year and it has been a most enjoyable process. Nice language. Well designed. Far fewer odd corners than Perl 5.

I'm seriously considering using it for some commercial work if the opportunity arises.

Only two downsides that I've encountered:

  1. The lack of CPAN. RAA is nice but not quite at the same level of utility yet. However, for many applications all you need is there.
  2. Speed. Its surprisingly slow. Again, not always a problem. Also, there is no real reason it won't get faster in time. It is, after all, just a trivial matter of programming :-)

In reply to Re^3: Perl to Ruby translator? by adrianh
in thread Perl to Ruby translator? by Anonymous Monk

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