# More "Ruby for Java developers"

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-ruby-for-java-developers/50858>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 21, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-ruby-for-java-developers/50858 "2005-12-21T23:08:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-ruby-for-java-developers/50858/1 "2005-12-21T23:08:51Z")

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There’s a new article on IBM developerWorks called “Ruby off the Rails”:

[http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-ruby/](http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-ruby/)

It’s pointing out various nifty things about Ruby for those Java  
developers (and other folks) whose only interaction with Ruby has been  
via Rails. It’s a “Ruby’s good for Rails, and good on its own, too”  
kind of thing.

I like the section headings… “Collections done right”, good stuff.

Yours,

Tom

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**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-ruby-for-java-developers/50858/2 "2005-12-23T13:03:49Z")

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Tom C.:

> There’s a new article on IBM developerWorks called “Ruby off the Rails”:
> 
> [http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-ruby/](http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-ruby/)

Huh, it is really written from a very Javanese perspective:

| First, Ruby has no brackets or semicolons, and it makes types completely  
| optional.

But apart from that, of course, it’s always nice to see people  
understanding  
where Ruby can help them better than other langauges.

Malte

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**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-ruby-for-java-developers/50858/3 "2005-12-23T19:11:45Z")

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On 12/23/05, Malte M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> But apart from that, of course, it’s always nice to see people understanding  
> where Ruby can help them better than other langauges.

Ruby has lots of brackets and braces. And you can use semi-colons.  
And it is a strongly-typed language.

Grr.

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**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 12:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-ruby-for-java-developers/50858/4 "2005-12-24T12:23:36Z")

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Joe Van D.:

> On 12/23/05, Malte M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> > | First, Ruby has no brackets or semicolons, and it makes types  
> > | completely optional.  
> > Ruby has lots of brackets and braces. And you can use semi-colons. And it  
> > is a strongly-typed language.

Yea - that’s why I quoted the above sentence. 😉

Malte