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Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the language-midlife-crisis dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Everyone knows that no programming language is a perfect fit for every job. This article launches a 'new series by Bruce Tate that looks at ways other languages solve major problems and what those solutions mean to Java developers. He first explores Active Record, the persistence engine behind Ruby on Rails.'"

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  1. Re:rails by syntaxglitch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Meanwhile, people who actually understand the value of and principles underlying relational databases grit their teeth and fight the urge to beat people with blunt objects.

    Not me, though. I never "got" relational database theory and am quite content to give people nightmares with my naive object-biased approach. :)

  2. Uhhh.... by wbren · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone knows that no programming language is a perfect fit for every job.

    I program in raw machine code. It's a perfect fit for every job, every time!

    --
    -William Brendel
    1. Re:Uhhh.... by A+beautiful+mind · · Score: 2, Funny

      Bah, that's nothing! The first rule of starting a programming project:

      Get five tons of sand and then...

      --
      It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
      Be yourself no matter what they say
    2. Re:Uhhh.... by Ziviyr · · Score: 5, Funny

      I guess the answer for that is "works great on IE!"

      --

      Someone set us up the bomb, so shine we are!
  3. Still looking for an IDE by bogaboga · · Score: 3, Funny
    I am still looking for a Ruby IDE on either Linux or Windows. May be I am looking for what does not esist, but my sense of an IDE is something like Access/VB for Microsoft's Jet Database Engine.

    Here, we simply drag and drop then program the logic behind all those widgets we've dragged onto the form. I also looked for something in relation to Python but could not find anything! I taught VB myself using this method. Current IDEs I have looked at make things confusing. Am I looking for what does not exist? Hope not!

    1. Re:Still looking for an IDE by k2r · · Score: 4, Funny

      > Here, we simply drag and drop then program the logic behind all those widgets
      > I taught VB myself using this method.
      > Current IDEs I have looked at make things confusing.

      Nothing personal but: This explains much of the VB code I had the misfortune to see in my life.

      k2r

  4. Re:Anyone else Railed-out? by LuminaireX · · Score: 2, Funny

    What if you forget a single function call at the beginning of one of those pages? If its like any other programming error, I go back and fix it

  5. No kayaking for once! by LarsWestergren · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm amazed, a whole article by Bruce and not a single anecdote about kayaking. His writing is improving. :-)

    --

    Being bitter is drinking poison and hoping someone else will die