[Freecats-Dev] Abour Ruby

[Henri Chorand]

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Henri

----- Message d'origine -----
De : "Henri Chorand" <address@hidden>
À : "Free CATS Dev List" <address@hidden>
Envoyé : mardi 14 octobre 2003 19:04
Objet : Abour Ruby


> Hi,
>
> > I may be able to assist with testing & documenting the Windows version.
>
> This is one of the areas in which the original group of Free CATS
initiators
> is not fully hopeless.
>
> I do believe that our project must be above reproach concerning
> documentation & localization.
>
> > I saw the various past discussions about which programming language
> > to use. Didn't want to stick my nose in, as I'm not a programmer.  I'm a
> > localization engineer (in the l10n prepping/processing/testing sense)
who
> > scripts from time to time.  But I have studied a number of programming
> > languages (C/C++, Java, PL/SQL, Cobol, Pascal, VBA, Perl, Ruby), and can
> > say that for ease of learning, reading, maintaining, etc., Ruby is quite
> > compelling.
>
> My own background and skills are roughly similar, even though a few of the
> tools I learned and mastered quite well at a time are much more obsolete
by
> now (Pick Basic, ADS/Hexalis - these are now forgotten 4GLs).
>
> > Most, if not all people that I know who use Ruby, came from Perl &
Python.
> > If we are talking about using a language that is easily-learned and
> > portable, it may be worth looking at Ruby.  Some links...
> >
> > http://www.rubycentral.com/faq/rubyfaqall.html
> > http://hypermetrics.com/ruby37.html
> > http://www.math.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/%7Egotoken/ruby/compar.shtml
>
> It certainly does look interesting.
>
> Some of the reasons that made me bring Python forward, even though I still
> have to learn it, are:
> - good string management functions (C looked awful for this, and Ruby
also)
> - its great ability to glue bits of code written in something else
> - the already large number of libraries around
> - the availability of IDEs and graphic interfaces builder (a must for the
> clients, unless we have a C++ GUIs genius who does that part)
>
> Ruby may also have a smaller user community.
>
> Of course, let us know if part of the above does not do justice to Ruby
> (especially the IDEs and graphic interfaces builder part, please).
>
> That said, if you would like to make bits of code on your own for a given
> module, why not pick your preferred language?
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Henri
>