Why Ruby?
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This document contains the transcript of a talk given by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto about why he created the Ruby programming language and its history and use. Some key points discussed include: - Matz created Ruby in the 1990s as a hobby initially to have fun and build a tool he wanted to use. - Ruby was designed to be conservative but combine good aspects of previous languages for scripting, object orientation, and fun programming. - Ruby on Rails popularized Ruby for web development in the 2000s due to its productivity. - Ruby is well-suited for tasks like text processing, web programming, and GUI applications due to its simplicity, consistency and ability to make programmers
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class Factorial {
private static int fact(int n) {
if (n == 1) return 1;
return n * fact(n - 1);
}
public static void main(String[] argv) {
System.out.println("6!="+fact(6));
}
}
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Rakefile
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Why Ruby?
- 1. RubyConf China Why Ruby? Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto まつもと ゆきひろ [email protected] Copyright (c) 2008 Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, No rights reserved thou
- 2. Moore’s Law The number of Transistors in LSI Doubles Every 18 Months
- 3. Moore’s Law Means: Computer Grows Exponentially Faster Cheaper More Common
- 4. Faster Computer PCs are Faster than Super Computers of 20 Years Ago
- 5. Cheaper Computers We can Buy a PC for $400 Now
- 6. Common Computers Now Everyone Owns Computers Personal Computers Cell Phones
- 7. Cell Phone as a Computer
- 8. Cell Phone as a Computer
- 9. Everyone is Connected Broadband WiFi Mobile Networks
- 10. Influence in Programming Moore’s Law Changes Software Complexity Programming Languages
- 11. Software Complexity No Business Can Be Run without Software We Need More Software Quicker Cheaper
- 12. Humans Don’t Improve Moore’s Law Does Not Apply to Humans
- 13. Productivity We Need More Software with Limited Resources
- 14. Productivity We Have Faster Computers Development Efficiency At the Cost of Runtime Efficiency
- 15. Productivity The Most Important Factor of Language Evolution Languages are One of the Tools for Productivity
- 17. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Language determines the way we think.
- 18. Theorem #1 Languages influence human thought, more than you think
- 19. Programming Languages Do programming languages influence human thoughts?
- 20. Thinking in Programming Language Natural languages are too ambiguous. Or, too verbose. Or, too indirect.
- 21. Thinking in Programming Language. If programmers think in programming languages, They must influence thoughts as much as natural languages do.
- 22. Theorem #2 "languages" in Theorem #1 includes programming languages.
- 23. Why don’t you choose a good language? Programming langugages are so easy to learn.
- 24. What is a good language? The language that helps thinking
- 25. Recursion BASIC did not allow recursion
- 26. Factorial def fact(n) if n == 0 1 else n * fact(n - 1) end end print "6!=", fact(6), "n" 6!=740
- 27. A good Language does not restrict our thought
- 28. Factorial Again print "200!=", fact(200), "n" 200!=78865786736479050355236321393218506 2295135977687173263294742533244359449963 4033429203042840119846239041772121389196 3883025764279024263710506192662495282993 1113462857270763317237396988943922445621 4516642402540332918641312274282948532775 2424240757390324032125740557956866022603 1904170324062351700858796178922222789623 7038973747200000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000
- 29. Less Restriction print "200!=", fact(200), "n" 200!=788657867364790503552363213932185062295 13597768717326329474253324435944996340334292 03042840119846239041772121389196388302576427 90242637105061926624952829931113462857270763 31723739698894392244562145166424025403329186 41312274282948532775242424075739032403212574 05579568660226031904170324062351700858796178 92222278962370389737472000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000 Ruby
- 31. Succinctness is Power by Paul Graham Fred Brooks’ Law Less Lines ≒ Effective
- 32. Succinctness is Power Less Code, Less Bugs Less Bugs, You Feel Yourself Smarter. You can be 10 times (or even 1000 times) more productive
- 33. More Factorial class Factorial { private static int fact(int n) { if (n == 1) return 1; return n * fact(n - 1); } public static void main(String[] argv) { System.out.println("6!="+fact(6)); } } 6!=740
- 34. Succinctness Example def fact(n) if n == 1 1 else n * fact(n - 1) end end print "6!=", fact(6), "n" 6!=740 Ruby
- 36. Functional Factorial def fact(n) (1..n).inject(:*) end print "6!=", fact(6), "n" 6!=740
- 37. A good language makes better programming experience
- 38. For Better Programming Experience Learnability Efficiency Memorability Errors Satisfaction According to Dr. Jacob Nielsen
- 39. Learnability How easy is it for users to accomplish basic tasks the first time they encounter the design?
- 40. Learnability Usability for Beginners Important to Acquire New Users "Common Sense" is the Key
- 41. Efficiency Once users have learned the design, how quickly can they perform tasks?
- 42. Efficiency More important than learnability Efficiency is the top purpose of languages
- 43. Memorability When users return to the design after a period of not using it, how easily can they reestablish proficiency?
- 45. Errors How many errors do users make, how severe are these errors, and how easily can they recover from these errors?
- 46. Errors When you see repeated errors, you have to do something. Errors are the source of design inspiration.
- 47. Satisfaction How pleasant is it to use the design?
- 48. Satisfaction We program to have fun. Even when we program for money, we want to have fun as well.
- 51. Learnability Ruby is very conservative except for a few places Quick to learn Quick to try
- 52. Learnability Example Hello World! print "Hello Worldn" Hello World
- 54. Efficiency No Run-Time Efficiency Ruby focuses on the cost of programming.
- 55. Devlopment Efficiency Ruby focuses on the cost of programming by Simplicity Consistency Smartness
- 56. Simplicity Do you like programming language to be simple? Probably you do.
- 57. Simplicity Does language simplicity really help you? not always. need more complex tool sometimes
- 58. Need More Complex Tool Knife vs Chain Saw Bicycle vs Airplane
- 59. Human Heart: No Simple We love simplicity We love complexity We love easy problems We hate easy problems
- 60. Pseudo-Simplicity Ruby is NOT a simple language.
- 61. Simplicity Example Rakefile Rake = Ruby Make task :default => [:test] task :test do ruby "test/unittest.rb" end
- 62. Simplicity Example In Simpler Syntax task({:default => [:test]}) task(:test, lambda(){ ruby "test/unittest.rb" })
- 63. Solution-Simplicity Tool Complexity is OK if it makes the Solution Simple
- 64. Efficiency Example /bin/cat in Ruby puts ARGF It would be more than 50 lines of code in C
- 66. Memorability Conservativeness helps here too Easy-to-remember syntax Ruby looks like other languages
- 67. Memorability Example Can you write /bin/cat -n without looking anything? I can, if I use Ruby. ARGF.each_with_index{|line,i| printf "%4d %s",i,line }
- 69. Errors You will see less errors due to Consistent Syntax Rules Succinct Code Less code, Less bug.
- 71. Satisfaction As a result, Ruby is fun to use. It makes you feel smarter.
- 73. Ruby is Good for Text Processing Web Programming XML Programming GUI Applications
- 74. Ruby is Good for Bioinformatics eXtreme Programming "I love it. Conceptually it is really clean and sweet." -- Kent Beck
- 75. Why I created Ruby Just for Fun Tool for me myself Ideal tool for Everyday Task
- 76. How I created Ruby Combine Good Things from the Past Design Conservative Design a Tool I Want to Use To Have Fun
- 77. The History of the Ruby Language
- 79. In 1993 Project Started Mere Hobby
- 80. Goals Scripting a la Perl Nice Clean Syntax With OO
- 81. Real Goal To Enjoy Making Language Implementation Programming
- 83. Process Deconstruct Perl Reorganize into Class Library
- 84. Process Iterators from CLU Higher-order Functions using Blocks
- 85. Process Some Spice from Python ..and other languages
- 87. In 1997 Hired by NaCl Became Full-time OSS Developer
- 89. In 2000 First English Book
- 90. Ruby in early 2000s Became a Language for Geeks
- 91. In 2004 Ruby on Rails
- 92. Ruby on Rails Web Application Framework Web development that doesn’t hurt
- 93. Ruby on Rails 10x Productive than Java 15 Minutes to code Blog
- 94. Enterprise Ruby Ruby started to be used in the Enterprise Environment
- 96. Enterprise Ruby Issues are Matters of Resource/Money We Put in.
- 97. Ruby’s Mindshare From Java To Ruby
- 98. What’s "Enterprise"? What Major Players Recommend: Sun Microsystems Microsoft Apple Etc.
- 99. Why Ruby? Ruby is Productive Ruby is Motivating Ruby is Fun
- 100. A Message from Ruby Enjoy Programming!