use Perl

• OO (Score:2)

  by djberg96 (2603)

  If you find yourself enjoying the OO paradigm, might I suggest learning a bit of Ruby and seeing how it stacks up against the Perl and C++ versions? If not, I'll await your final Perl product and see what I can come up with. :)
  • Re:OO (Score:2)

    by TeeJay (2309)

    I like OO, but I like prefer to use it when needed not all the time. Something that works in Perl and to a lesser degree in C++ is to write some procedural prototypes or functions to prove a concept, then refactor and re-implement in purer OO as the requirements and solution become clearer.

    I assume Ruby doesn't have the 'Everything must be an object' OO puritanism of Java.

    I would look at Ruby but getting up to speed on C++ is work enough and I don't see Ruby bringing in a salary anytime soon.

    I plan to

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    @JAPH = qw(Hacker Perl Another Just);
    print reverse @JAPH;
    • Re:OO (Score:2)

      by djberg96 (2603)

      I assume Ruby doesn't have the 'Everything must be an object' OO puritanism of Java.

      You are correct - you can use a functional style in Ruby if you wish.

      Now that you mention it, it might be interesting to see how your code looks in Java. :)
  • Re:OO (Score:2)

    by TeeJay (2309)

    who needs ruby when we have scozens [cpan.org] ;)

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    @JAPH = qw(Hacker Perl Another Just);
    print reverse @JAPH;