Posted by Erwin Moller on 08/29/07 11:16

Hi Group,

This may seem a odd question in a PHP group, but I think this might be a
good place to ask since I am mainly a PHP coder these days that maybe
starts with Ruby.

Situation:
A client of a friend of mine asked me to take over a project done in
Ruby. (The original programmer appearantly behaved like an @ss and his
client wants to get rid of him.)
The project is done in Ruby on Rails.


I have 0 experience with Ruby, but consider myself a reasonably seasoned
programmer (php/java/vb/basic perl/javascript).

Does anybody know how much time I should expect to spend to get 'on
rail' with Ruby (Ruby on Rails)?
The language claims to be easy and intuitive and even fun. :P
(But do you know of a language that says of itself to be hard,
counterintuitive and absolutely NO fun?)

How does Ruby compare to PHP?
What do you think of Ruby and Ruby on Rails?
I don't need links to wikepedia or ruby homepage or something like that.
Found them myself. ;-)
I hope for opinions from PHP programmers on Ruby.

Thanks in advance for any insights.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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