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Thanks, gaius.

> Define "best". As someone replying to the discussion topic, you may choose any interpretation of "best" that you wish. In fact, that would be preferred, as it would probably prod…

I was hoping it would lead to comments such as, "$lang1's OO implementation is good, except that it's missing $feature_X and $feature_Y, which means I can't do $technique_Z", or "$…

Ok. That covers the rest of this weekend anyway. :)

The OP asked about what you are currently learning. Many folks may actually be required to learn it for their job, rather than for professional enrichment.

Is Smalltalk the best? Is Perl's Moose better than Python's built-in OO? How does CLOS measure up? Where do C++ and Java land on the scale?

Possibly of interest: Here's a regularly-updated plot by Georg Brandl showing the number of Python 3 packages in the PyPI: http://dev.pocoo.org/~gbrandl/py3pkgs.png

The Perl folk are being very bold, IMO. With Parrot and Rakudo, they're saying that you can write code in Perl 6 and utilize libs in other languages (including the CPAN in Perl 5),…

> It's sad. All of the teachers that are forced to teach to the status quo do so because money is on the line. There's more to it than just that, actually. What happens when a teac…

> The problem isn't the time spent in school, the problem is the school itself. Actually, that's not enough detail. "School" is a complex system consisting of many parts -- all of …

> learn pronunciation first, and learn the script of the new language immediately What does "script" mean in this context? What is the "script" of a language?

Parrot 1.0.0 was released in March of this year. Give it time.

I disagree. Python regexen are a royal pain compared to how they work in Perl. You know what would be pretty funny is if a rogue group of guerilla programmers hacked Perl style reg…

There are a number of Parrot languages at various stages of development. As soon as they mature a bit, you might find people taking them pretty seriously. :)

The reason I asked was because it's difficult to believe someone would be such ass when letting an employee go. Especially in the way that he seemed to psyche himself up and get an…

Can anyone confirm from a different video that the boss's voice matches up?

It's not a matter of gaming the system. The teacher is the system. Just about anything the kids learn (except for honors classes, where the kids will sometimes learn some things on…

Not only that (parents complaining to teachers), it gets worse. Some problem parents actually go straight to the principal to complain about the teacher -- based only on what their…

Yes, great teachers should be paid well. But there's another side to this coin. Teaching is a brutal job. Parents complaining about grades and/or teachers. Student behaviour worse …

Edit: Ok. Just had another look at http://www.paulgraham.com/arc0.html , specifically the part about changing stuff without even keeping track of the changes. So, I rescind my sugg…

I don't know much about the Shootout, but my guess is that, if someone wants Arc there, they need to go and write whatever programs the Shootout requires you to write in order to p…

> > (I want to see Clojure and Arc on this.) > Well, arc's running on top of MzScheme, so it's likely to be a bit slower. I'd be interested to see how Arc fares on the code-size ax…

Do you expect that the canonical Perl 6 implementation of the standard library (I guess this is whatever will come with Rakudo?) will suffer from this follow-up problem about the s…

Some files (besides INSTALL and TUTORIAL) you might consider including with the distribution: * README: what it is and why * ChangeLog * LICENSE * HACKING: instructions for users w…