[SATLUG] Cross Platform Idiocy?

[Robert Pearson]

On 10/5/06, Mark McCoy <realmcking at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/4/06, Travis H. <solinym at gmail.com> wrote:
> %<
> > However, python is my favorite.  I want to learn ruby and Ocaml though.
> > I can crank out a program in an evening with scripting languages, and
> > that's fine by me.  Computers are superfast, and only getting faster,
> > but Ocaml can sometimes beat C/C++, and your programs usually
> > get smaller over time instead of bigger.  Plus it can represent infinite
> > sets, and other cool stuff.
>
> If you like python, you will probably really like ruby.  I went from
> C>>C++>>Perl, stayed with Perl for a long time, then got into Python
> for several years, and now for the last year or so Ruby is my language
> of choice.
>
> Wow, Ruby just flows from my fingers into my keyboard.  I've had to go
> back and write some Perl stuff recently (my coworkers have to be able
> to read and maintain the scripts if I get hit with beer truck).  I
> can't believe I ever even liked Perl at all!  Aah the horrors of all
> those $'s and ;'s!!!
>
> DRY > (TMTOWTDI * 10)


I agree with your statements.
The new era of "frameworks" is dawning to deal with needs most legacy
languages were not designed to solve.

Have you looked into using Perl6 and Parrot for these legacy Perl tasks?

<<http://www.parrotcode.org/>>
<<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrot_virtual_machine>>

I include these reference URLs for anyone not up to date on Perl 6 and
Parrot.

The Parrot model is the one I used years ago when I predicted, incorrectly,
the demise of Fortran application programming.
I had a defined process, called the "Intelligent Programmers Assistant",
which used many point products to accomplish the same thing.
The delivery of "tested" code across languages and platforms.

Thank Goodness! Someone finally wrote it...