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Interview With the Creator of Ruby

Posted by Unknown on from the and-you-thought-java-was-slow dept.

snydeq writes "Ruby creator Yukihiro Matsumoto discusses the past, present, and future of the popular programming language, calling mobile the next target for Ruby: 'I'm currently working on an alternative subset or dialect of Ruby for the small devices. I'm going to make it public early next year. Of course, mobile computing is the way to go, so that's one of the reasons I focus on the Ruby dialect working on the smaller devices.'"

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  1. TFA is nothing but fluff by AdmiralXyz · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There's nothing really wrong with TFA, but there's nothing there either. It's so bland. The questions are just "Why did you create Ruby? What's next for Ruby?" I mean, seriously? If you were interviewing someone for a high school newspaper that might be OK, but they really can't do anything better? There's nothing more interesting you could ask Matz?

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    1. Re:TFA is nothing but fluff by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Oh let's see...

      1. What are prospects of incorporating true, concurrent multithreads?

      2. JIT - why or why not? and when?

      3. Is performance closer to Java realistic for Ruby? What are the obstacles?

      This is just the most pressing stuff and I don't even use Ruby much anymore.

  2. I am not sure why... by Windwraith · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...but this statement:

    > Of course, mobile computing is the way to go

    It kind of depresses me for some reason. I am not being ironic, I am serious. I don't know why that makes me feel down.

    I feel like all the training I did to be able to code games** in a PC is going to be obsolete before I know it.

    **or any other desktop coding

    1. Re:I am not sure why... by lynnae · · Score: 4, Informative

      I feel like all the training I did to be able to code games** in a PC is going to be obsolete before I know it.

      **or any other desktop coding

      welcome to the world of developing.

      This is how it's been, and how it will continue to be. Keep growing your skill set and you'll be fine (and a better programmer for it).

    2. Re:I am not sure why... by vlm · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I feel like all the training I did to be able to code games** in a PC is going to be obsolete before I know it.

      Training rapidly becomes useless. Education never becomes useless.

      Memorize how to use a linked list library in Pascal = rapidly useless

      Learn what a linked list is, why and when you'd use it = useful forever

      Also much like human languages (supposedly) the first three languages are pretty tough, but once you learn a bit of ten or so, its pretty simple since all the concepts are the same. The hard part is knowing how to index thru an array without a picket fence mistake and figuring out how to troubleshoot it. The easy part is remembering or googling the syntax.

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