Appreciation for Ruby
Cinderella once sang “don’t know what you got, until it’s gone…” Well, at work, I’ve been back to programming in, of all things, C++ past two weeks. Even bigger kick in the ass is that I also have to work on a Windows app written with MFC! Yes, MFC!
I can’t tell you how much I miss Ruby.
Even with my proficiency in C/C++, it takes much longer to do the same thing. Yeah, I know about the performance, but really, if the user/system sees little or no difference, who cares? Ruby is so much more natural to me that it doesn’t feel like I’m writing computer codes.
Ok, but it’s not all that bad. I’m still trying to get rid of my “thinking in C” syndrome, so I’m not really feeling much pain. This whole experience has given me much more appreciation for Ruby though, and I just hope that after this project is done, I won’t have to go back.
