Simple programming language anyone?

[Matthew Carpenter]

On Wednesday 13 June 2007, Severin Schoepke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> after Perl and Python have been suggested, may I go with the Kaiserchiefs?:
> "Ruby, Ruby Rubyyyy!" ;-) It's really a nice language and rather easy to
> learn... I you want to have a quick look, I suggest you try the tutorial
> 'Ruby in 20 minutes'
> (http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/quickstart/). You therefore need
> to have ruby and irb (interactive ruby interpreter) installed. You can do
> that by doing sudo apt-get install irb. That should install ruby and irb
> and you're ready to go!
>
> cheers, Severin

Can I just add that with Ruby and Python experience, you may just be spoiled 
for any "real" languages.  Interactive Python and irb are addictive.  Oh, and 
so is writing code that works the first time.  Neither of which I found in C 
during my tenure with that language.  I have to admit, though that there is 
nothing like C.
There is now a tool called "Ch", which actually provides a bit of 
interactivity with the C programming language!  Granted, anything really 
powerful you have to write into a Ch script (like in and out instructions, or 
any "included" library calls), but it's a step in the right direction.


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