(joke in the title stolen from a redditor)

Context: some Rust kid vandalized cppreference.com today.

  • darcy
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    1 year ago

    i cant imagine people thinking ruby is the best

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      1 year ago

      Ruby is a really nice language especially when taken in the context of it’s time. Curious why you feel it isn’t worth being someone’s favorite?

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        1 year ago

        its like python or lua but worse syntax and slower. we are not in the 90s anymore, i cant see any reason to use it unless working with a code base or library that already requires it. weakly typed interpreted languages are, imo, only good for certain applications, such as scripting or for beginners. why use ruby when lua or even python exist? i used to like ruby, btw, im not just a hater

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          1 year ago

          Are you trying to imply that python is both fast and strongly typed? As for the syntax that’s largely a matter of opinion. Most ruby-enjoyers I know specifically call out the syntax as something they like

          Also I’m not qualified to comment on Lua so I won’t. Most of my language exploration has been with languages many people famously hate (perl and lisp)

          All of that is to say I generally don’t think talking about what language is “best” is really a productive conversation. I was mostly curious if you had an intimate understanding of the tradeoffs or otherwise a strong opinion about how it was constructed

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            1 year ago

            im saying python is very slow, but ruby is even slower.

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        1 year ago

        thats like decing whether to be punched in the face or kicked in the balls