[ale] semi [OT] making learning ruby programming fun?

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Hi Michael,

I probably will learn those languages eventually.  Thanks for the vote of confidence in encouraging me to write a blog.  I had an alternate energy blog once, but found it hard to write every day.  A computer blog would be cool.  Something I'll have to consider.  It does take quite a long time to get enough routine readers to make any money on a blog though.

If I did have a blog, I frankly wouldn't want to manage my own public facing web server.  With all the attacks on PHP and Wordpress, I would just rather pay someone like squarespace.com to deal with the management and maintenance, and be responsible if something goes wrong.  Then, I could just focus on content.  If I could learn those languages and get hired by someone else, who's still the responsible party, that would be cool.

Right now, I've tasked myself with learning Ruby, learning MetaQuotes 4 (currency trading), and writing a sci fi novel.  In terms of human languages, I can barely keep a handle on English.  So, these activities will probably keep me quite busy.

Sincerely,

Ron


Michael Potter <michael at potter.name> wrote:

>Ron,
>
>+1 on learning SQL and Javascript in addition to what ever language
>you are using.
>
>PHP "having a lot of vulnerabilities" is because it is widely used.
>They are not inherent in the language.  Being widely used is a good
>for a person trying to get a job.  Also, all those vulnerabilities
>need to be fixed by someone.
>
>Here is my explicit recommendation from you based on reading your
>posts for the last three years....
>
>Start a blog and talk about all the things you learn.  Just repost
>some of this things you have talked about on this forum.
>
>Use wordpress/php for your blog.
>
>Then you will have a reason to use php and you will learn it.
>
>On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 5:38 AM, Leam Hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 03/27/2013 11:34 PM, Doug Hall wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> If you want really fast programs, you might not want ruby. You might
>>> want C or Java, or even assembly language. As fast as equipment has
>>> gotten in the past ten years, in many instances, it makes sense to
>>> optimize around the programmer, not the program.
>>
>>
>> When I've used chef is was incredibly slow, even on modern hardware.
>That
>> may be a big reason Chef move from Ruby behind the scenes to Erlang.
>>
>> Optomizing around the programmer makes sense for very small programs
>and one
>> man shops. However, I think a lot of the language has to be ignored
>if you
>> want to build something big.
>>
>> Java != Speedy Gonzales. There are some fast scripting languages but
>C is
>> still the fastest cross-arch option.
>>
>> Hmm...
>>
>> Java: Slowpoke Gonzales
>> C: Speedy Gonzales
>> Ruby: Hophead Gonzales
>> Go: Baby Gonzales
>> Python: OCD Gonzales
>> Assembler: Granpa Gonzales
>>
>>
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