Re: Perl losing momentum ?

[zentara]

wxRuby, , seems to be production quality. Binary distributions for Windows, detailed documentation for the API (not "look at the C++ wxWindows API"), tutorials, and so on. This is not surprising in light of Perl's obvious loss of momentum versus Ruby.

In other words you want something point-&-click-easy for free. I stand in opposition to new momentum..... I am massive Inertia. ;-)

We'll see. Usually when Ruby or one of the others come out with something, it makes a big splash, then peters out as problems pop up, like window version incompatibilities, trying to find answers to odd problems, or the developers move on leaving an orphan. So many people have looked elsewhere for projects, only to realize, that Tk is easier to get it done (and it's cross-platform). Use what you want, what's the problem? I'm going to always use Perl, unless someone PAYS me to use something else. Does it bother me that you claim "Perl has a momentum problem"? No. What is this momentum other than the current "whiz-bang new kid on the block"? Perl does what I need, rarely fails me, make great gui's with Tk and Gtk2..... so why should I worry? The only thing Ruby would do for me, is waste a half year of time to learn, only to come back to Perl when I fail to get community support from the relative handful of wxRuby Users.

Of course, it may sound like I'm an old dog who won't learn new tricks......but if I'm served well by my current bag-o-tricks.... why change? The Inertia of my big Perl code collection, and the HUGE friendly Perl coding community, compels me to shrug off your attemped momentum change.