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Closed 12 years ago.
Whats the difference between Ruby and Perl when it comes to networking. Which is better to use and why?
Both languages are very similar and if you're just starting out then Ruby is probably easier to learn than Perl.
But if have a specific area you are targeting, then it probably comes down to which has the better libraries in that area. And in questions about breadth and quality of libraries, Perl wins almost all battles because of the CPAN. Take a few minutes and search for the types of libraries you're interested in and compare that with what you'll find on Ruby Gems
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Closed 11 years ago.
How necessary is it to learn VB6 and what are the advantages of using this language today? Does it really have advantages?
At this point, nobody should be using VB6 for new development work, however, there is a lot of existing VB6 code that needs to be maintained and/or ported. Much of the existing VB6 code will be internal line-of-business applications, so the question of whether to learn it or not would depend on your employeers needs.
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Closed 12 years ago.
Just food for thought:
What features would you consider in an ideal debugging tool?
What about debugging tools for distributed systems?
What do you think is missing from current debugging tools?
Being able to step backwards would make me very happy C person.
I would really like to see some more artificial intelligence in debuggers. Like they should be able to know which bug I was looking for and fix it automatically. Distributed AI would be even better. One day I dream of submitting a README to github and the code would be written for me automatically, 100% bug-free of course.
:-)
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Closed 11 years ago.
Can anyone suggest some good resources and/or books on profiling, importance of profiling, profiling techniques?
thanks
There is a book on how to use Valgrind, a GNU/Linux tool set that has a few profilers. If you wanted to learn about profiling, playing with Valgrind is a great "interactive" way to do it.
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Closed 10 years ago.
I'm trying to convince a friend of mine to switch from OCaml to F#, however they are programming on a Mac. What is the best F# development experience on top of OS X?
From looking at a similar question on SO, it appears that the F# Addin for MonoDevelop is my best bet. Are there any better alternatives?
The answer is now slightly out of date. There now is a proper "F# Mode" for Emacs, see:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/fsharp-mode/
Emacs and tuareg mode:
http://www.palladiumconsulting.com/blog/sebastian/2007/04/f-mono-and-mac-os-x-warmups.html
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Closed 10 years ago.
I always seem to have a hard time starting a new Firefox extension. Can anyone recommend a good extension skeleton, scaffold, or code generator? Ideally one that follows all the best practices for FF extensions?
This one works nice: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/tools/builder
Of course googling for "firefox extension generator" is where I found it ;)
Look up this eclipse plugin:
SPKet
It will take care of the skeleton and 50 other things, you will love it.