Comments on: Ruby with a C++ Accent http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/2006/09/27/ruby-with-a-c-accent/ I sleep with pillows on my head. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:37:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Senor Pablo http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/2006/09/27/ruby-with-a-c-accent/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Senor Pablo Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:35:15 +0000 http://www.sheysrebellion.net/Blog/?p=20#comment-38 Vis-a-vis the LISP freak show, I couldn't agree more. Wow. I've long thought that the success of languages had less to do with the actual quality of the language itself than that of the quality of the community that builds itself around the language. The strength of the Perl community is a case in point, the language is far from optimal but the general consensus there is to actually give back to others. Hence, Perl is wildly successful and LISP is used in a handful of really neat AI university research projects. -SP Vis-a-vis the LISP freak show, I couldn’t agree more. Wow.

I’ve long thought that the success of languages had less to do with the actual quality of the language itself than that of the quality of the community that builds itself around the language. The strength of the Perl community is a case in point, the language is far from optimal but the general consensus there is to actually give back to others. Hence, Perl is wildly successful and LISP is used in a handful of really neat AI university research projects.

-SP

]]> By: sheysrebellion http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/2006/09/27/ruby-with-a-c-accent/comment-page-1/#comment-37 sheysrebellion Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:02:42 +0000 http://www.sheysrebellion.net/Blog/?p=20#comment-37 Nope, I've done some lisp though, but the lisp community scares me; I'm afraid to ask questions. Nope, I’ve done some lisp though, but the lisp community scares me; I’m afraid to ask questions.

]]> By: Senor Pablo http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/2006/09/27/ruby-with-a-c-accent/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Senor Pablo Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:18:38 +0000 http://www.sheysrebellion.net/Blog/?p=20#comment-36 Speaking of which Shey - have you ever looked at or worked with Haskell? Speaking of which Shey – have you ever looked at or worked with Haskell?

]]> By: Senor Pablo http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/2006/09/27/ruby-with-a-c-accent/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Senor Pablo Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:10:29 +0000 http://www.sheysrebellion.net/Blog/?p=20#comment-35 I just found it on a message board post a couple a months ago. He wanted either a PHP/MySQL based solution or RoR. I've found nothing since though... As for the code viewer, something like that (albeit <i>much</i> less fancy) - but this is what inspired me: http://pastie.caboo.se/ I think that's doable. I just found it on a message board post a couple a months ago. He wanted either a PHP/MySQL based solution or RoR. I’ve found nothing since though…

As for the code viewer, something like that (albeit much less fancy) – but this is what inspired me:
http://pastie.caboo.se/
I think that’s doable.

]]> By: Shey's Rebellion http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/2006/09/27/ruby-with-a-c-accent/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Shey's Rebellion Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:20:11 +0000 http://www.sheysrebellion.net/Blog/?p=20#comment-33 How do you find the people to sell your apps to? The other site, is it anything like <a href="http://www.bigbold.com/snippets/" rel="nofollow">this</a>? How do you find the people to sell your apps to? The other site, is it anything like this?

]]> By: Senor Pablo http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/2006/09/27/ruby-with-a-c-accent/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Senor Pablo Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:24:57 +0000 http://www.sheysrebellion.net/Blog/?p=20#comment-30 I have two RoR apps more or less complete; the first is a TinyURL type app that was fairly simple to write that I sold commercially to some idiot who - for some reason - wanted one (for $70, ha). The other is a site that allows users to post code samples, which others will be able to view with appropriate syntax highlighting. I want to deploy this one myself sometime soon. As for Ruby/Tk, nothing much, the whole binding mechanism is a bit of a mess there. NB: Have you seen the new PGH fifth floor lab? O tempora, o mores, just awful. -SP I have two RoR apps more or less complete; the first is a TinyURL type app that was fairly simple to write that I sold commercially to some idiot who – for some reason – wanted one (for $70, ha). The other is a site that allows users to post code samples, which others will be able to view with appropriate syntax highlighting. I want to deploy this one myself sometime soon.

As for Ruby/Tk, nothing much, the whole binding mechanism is a bit of a mess there.

NB: Have you seen the new PGH fifth floor lab? O tempora, o mores, just awful.

-SP

]]> By: Shey's Rebellion http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/2006/09/27/ruby-with-a-c-accent/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Shey's Rebellion Sun, 08 Oct 2006 20:13:26 +0000 http://www.sheysrebellion.net/Blog/?p=20#comment-18 The project is an app that will be run with a Cron job. I haven't done anything serious with RoR or Ruby-TK. What about you? The project is an app that will be run with a Cron job. I haven’t done anything serious with RoR or Ruby-TK. What about you?

]]> By: Senor Pablo http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/2006/09/27/ruby-with-a-c-accent/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Senor Pablo Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:59:30 +0000 http://www.sheysrebellion.net/Blog/?p=20#comment-17 If you can answer this without breaking an NDA - is this project of yours a Ruby/Ruby-Tk desktop app, an RoR site, or something totally different perchance? If you can answer this without breaking an NDA – is this project of yours a Ruby/Ruby-Tk desktop app, an RoR site, or something totally different perchance?

]]> By: Shey's Rebellion http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/2006/09/27/ruby-with-a-c-accent/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Shey's Rebellion Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:11:25 +0000 http://www.sheysrebellion.net/Blog/?p=20#comment-14 My brain says closures and iterators are helpful, but I have to keep reminding myself to use them, it's hard to break the C/C++/Java/C# habit. My brain says closures and iterators are helpful, but I have to keep reminding myself to use them, it’s hard to break the C/C++/Java/C# habit.

]]> By: Senor Pablo http://www.sheysrebellion.net/blog/2006/09/27/ruby-with-a-c-accent/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Senor Pablo Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:26:42 +0000 http://www.sheysrebellion.net/Blog/?p=20#comment-13 I'm having the exact same problem with Ruby; it's quite difficult to throw away 10+ years of C/C++/Java development habits overnight. One example - the first correctly operational version of my (lightweight) spellcheck program was well over 30+ lines of code. After less than hour of refactoring, I was able to reduce it to just eight lines, mostly by replacing loops and long switch statements with iterators and line conditionals. I’m having the exact same problem with Ruby; it’s quite difficult to throw away 10+ years of C/C++/Java development habits overnight. One example – the first correctly operational version of my (lightweight) spellcheck program was well over 30+ lines of code. After less than hour of refactoring, I was able to reduce it to just eight lines, mostly by replacing loops and long switch statements with iterators and line conditionals.

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