Support Forums: Message List - Interop Blog: Is Ruby the new Visual Basic? http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:04:45 -0400 Ruby Now and in the Future... http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47404 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:01:32 -0500 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:01:32 -0500 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:01:32 -0500 Nov 7, 2007 Huw Collingbourne 0 Ruby and VB cannot be compared http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47404 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:27:34 -0500 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:27:34 -0500 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:27:34 -0500 Nov 7, 2007 Gopi Nathan 1 Re: Dolphin http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47404 I would go further and say that Dolphin Smalltalk is(was) the slickest Smalltalk environment out there.

But I think the demise of it contradicts your assertion that there's some widespread desire for Smalltalk-like...]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:51:50 -0500 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:51:50 -0500 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:51:50 -0500 Nov 6, 2007 Paul Beckford 0 Re: Smalltalk http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47404 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:55:11 -0500 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:55:11 -0500 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:55:11 -0500 Nov 6, 2007 Frank Bank 0 Dolphin http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47404 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:51:32 -0500 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:51:32 -0500 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:51:32 -0500 Nov 6, 2007 Frank Bank 1 Re: What!? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47404 I'm currently working on a project redoing an Excel/VBA application with 14,000+ lines of code. I have almost broken down in tears twice this week....]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:21:21 -0500 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:21:21 -0500 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:21:21 -0500 Nov 5, 2007 Dennis Bekkering 0 Smalltalk http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47404 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:20:26 -0500 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:20:26 -0500 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:20:26 -0500 Nov 5, 2007 Huw Collingbourne 1 Re: What!? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47404 Agreed. Delphi was great. I am a long-time Delphi programmer (from the beta of version 1.0) and I would like to see Ruby being developed for event-driven programming in much the same was that Pascal was developed by Borland (to become...]]> Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:40:19 -0500 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:40:19 -0500 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:40:19 -0500 Nov 4, 2007 Paul Beckford 4 Re: What!? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47404 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:29:20 -0500 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:29:20 -0500 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:29:20 -0500 Nov 4, 2007 Huw Collingbourne 5 Ruby Visual Design http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47404 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:26:51 -0500 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:26:51 -0500 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:26:51 -0500 Nov 4, 2007 Huw Collingbourne 0 Re: What!? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47404
...I personally don't like VB and wish it would die a horrible death...


developer snob?...]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:33:01 -0400 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:33:01 -0400 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:33:01 -0400 Nov 2, 2007 Matt Giacomini 1 Re: Interop Blog: Is Ruby the new Visual Basic? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47404
funny, I am porting a VB app to Java as we speak, VB and its IDE stink from miles away

I agree. I have years of experience with VB (MCP too). And it is great for "hello world" apps. But...]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:47:22 -0400 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:47:22 -0400 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:47:22 -0400 Nov 2, 2007 Mark N 0 Re: Interop Blog: Is Ruby the new Visual Basic? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47404
What I am saying is that these vendors are much wiser than the average mainstream programmer (like Joe Java or Joe Ruby) when it comes to understanding the potential of Ruby, and they know a potential winner when they see...]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:21:09 -0400 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:21:09 -0400 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:21:09 -0400 Nov 2, 2007 Paul Beckford 0 Re: What!? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47404 ...I personally don't like VB and wish it would die a horrible death...
developer snob?]]> Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:35:48 -0400 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:35:48 -0400 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:35:48 -0400 Nov 1, 2007 Race Condition 2 Re: Interop Blog: Is Ruby the new Visual Basic? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47404 Do you spot a pattern here?
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