Comments on: Ruby Backquotes http://www.remoteisland.co.uk/2006/11/22/ruby-backquotes/ Ramblings of a Caulkhead Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:31:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Garth http://www.remoteisland.co.uk/2006/11/22/ruby-backquotes/#comment-5 Garth Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:51:17 +0000 http://www.remoteisland.co.uk/2006/11/22/ruby-backquotes/#comment-5 Ruby has an alternative to backquotes, you can use the x syntax %x{ ... }. Python is interesting, it reminds me of Basic in a way. I started to learn Ruby because of the Rails framework. Python is a language I'd learn if I started to use Django. Some friends of mine continually rave on about the Python language, and of course, it's the preferred language of Ubuntu. Ruby has an alternative to backquotes, you can use the x syntax %x{ … }.

Python is interesting, it reminds me of Basic in a way. I started to learn Ruby because of the Rails framework. Python is a language I’d learn if I started to use Django. Some friends of mine continually rave on about the Python language, and of course, it’s the preferred language of Ubuntu.

]]> By: John H http://www.remoteisland.co.uk/2006/11/22/ruby-backquotes/#comment-4 John H Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:35:51 +0000 http://www.remoteisland.co.uk/2006/11/22/ruby-backquotes/#comment-4 Isn't that one of Ruby's holdovers from Perl? Although I like the concept, I've never liked actually using the backquotes, mostly because they're too easy to get confused with the normal single quote characters. I think Perl had another way to do the same thing, but without using the backquotes. I hope Ruby has. Meanwhile, just to show how non-partisan I am, I've spent several hours this week actively trying to learn Python. Isn’t that one of Ruby’s holdovers from Perl? Although I like the concept, I’ve never liked actually using the backquotes, mostly because they’re too easy to get confused with the normal single quote characters. I think Perl had another way to do the same thing, but without using the backquotes. I hope Ruby has. Meanwhile, just to show how non-partisan I am, I’ve spent several hours this week actively trying to learn Python.

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