▲ 36 ▼ "Useless syntax sugar": Numbered block parameters in Ruby (zverok.space) submitted 2 years ago by PythOnRails@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is ruby the new Perl? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) That deserves an "always has been" meme... But IMO, Ruby outperled Perl since the beginning. Perl doesn't let you redefine the syntax so that you can write the same program multiple ways. All it does is to encourage multiple programs to have the same meaning. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I never looked at Ruby, but that doesn't seem like it would be great for readability (although maybe productivity). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago People mostly refrain from using it. Much like people used to create an idiom in Perl and stick to it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] exussum@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago And lets you easily write metal languages due to the way you can pass around blocks. Think configuration as code type stuff. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) That deserves an "always has been" meme... But IMO, Ruby outperled Perl since the beginning. Perl doesn't let you redefine the syntax so that you can write the same program multiple ways. All it does is to encourage multiple programs to have the same meaning. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I never looked at Ruby, but that doesn't seem like it would be great for readability (although maybe productivity). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago People mostly refrain from using it. Much like people used to create an idiom in Perl and stick to it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] exussum@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago And lets you easily write metal languages due to the way you can pass around blocks. Think configuration as code type stuff. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I never looked at Ruby, but that doesn't seem like it would be great for readability (although maybe productivity). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago People mostly refrain from using it. Much like people used to create an idiom in Perl and stick to it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago People mostly refrain from using it. Much like people used to create an idiom in Perl and stick to it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] exussum@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago And lets you easily write metal languages due to the way you can pass around blocks. Think configuration as code type stuff. permalink fedilink source parent