Hey, I’ve got a joke for you!
Q: What do you call a future Ruby programmer?
A: A Java programmer!
(Check back in a year and see how this joke has aged…)
Hey, I’ve got a joke for you!
Q: What do you call a future Ruby programmer?
A: A Java programmer!
(Check back in a year and see how this joke has aged…)
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Do you think this is a good transition? Also, I’m curious what your output would be if you ran the history command. Check out my blog post: http://blissdev.net/journal/2006/10/7/what-commands-do-you-use
If you look at the Java world, more and more people involved in Java development are looking at, and moving to, Ruby.
For web development, I’d pick Ruby over Java any day. (Of course I’m still a Perl & PHP fan myself.) For desktop applications, Java is nice when you want a cross-platform solution.