Is Ruby is better than Perl?

[Suresh Napster]

Hi Guys,

i just want to know Is Ruby is better than Perl?If yes Who?If No
Y?Please let me know

Thanks in Advance.

S.S
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[ct9a]

In what sense?

Are you speaking in terms of backend processing?

If that's a yes, I have worked with perl for awhile and it thrives in
data migrations, billing systems, invoice generation and so forth. Its
regular
expression engine does win a lot of approval.

For web development, there is a pretty good framework that Perl has
which is called Catalyst. Used it and found it was good but rails does
have some very good points.

gordon

[Peter De Berdt]

On 27 Oct 2009, at 08:51, Suresh Napster wrote:

 i just want to know Is Ruby is better than Perl?If yes Who?If No
Y?Please let me know

Is one pizza joint better than another? Guess it comes down to personal preference, and I prefer Ruby (as will most people on this RUBY on rails list). Every language has its merits and its shortcomings. Syntaxwise for me, Ruby wins the fight easily, performancewise, Perl will probably be faster, but Ruby has never been a hurdle for me. Ruby and Rails make me more productive, and that's what counts for me in the end.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

[Suresh Napster]

I mean in terms of web developement which is good either RUBY? or PERL

[Suresh Napster]

I mean in terms of Backend processing and web developement which is good
either RUBY? or PERL?

[Peter De Berdt]

On 27 Oct 2009, at 09:13, Suresh Napster wrote:

i just want to know Is Ruby is better than Perl?If yes Who?If No

Y?Please let me know

Is one pizza joint better than another? Guess it comes down to

personal preference, and I prefer Ruby (as will most people on this

RUBY on rails list). Every language has its merits and its

shortcomings. Syntaxwise for me, Ruby wins the fight easily,

performancewise, Perl will probably be faster, but Ruby has never been

a hurdle for me. Ruby and Rails make me more productive, and that's

what counts for me in the end.

I mean in terms of Backend processing and web developement which is good 
either RUBY? or PERL?

If you are looking for a definitive answer on which is the better language for your project, you won't get it. This question has been posted and answered several times all over the net, so do some research:

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=ruby+versus+perl

They both are perfectly capable of doing backend processing, web development and they both have packages and frameworks to help you with. Look around, find which one suits your style of programming better and go for it.

[ct9a]

Geez. Just replied earlier. Read
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/tree/browse_frm/thread/c3f4b20b67bf793a/b1cc74c03f5e2d70?hl=en&rnum=1&_done=%2Fgroup%2Frubyonrails-talk%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2Fc3f4b20b67bf793a%3Fhl%3Den%26#doc_20ddf388f140410e

[ct9a]

i think you're opening up a can of worms here.
Agreeing with one of the responses, there's merits in both.
If you're a student who has never touched perl or ruby, pick them up
and
be the judge.

The best tools for the best job depends on the carpenter.

Gordon

[Marnen Laibow-Koser]

Suri SS wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
>
>
> i just want to know Is Ruby is better than Perl?

Yes. Perl is not a bad language by any means, but Ruby blows it out of
the water.

> If yes Who?If No
> Y?Please let me know

Ruby's expressivity and object model make it far more powerful than most
other languages...

>
>
> Thanks in Advance.
>
> S.S
Best,
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Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
mar...@marnen.org