Why is Microsoft so keen on Python and Ruby anyhow...?
Tuesday 1 May 2007
by Huw Collingbourne
Microsoft has suddenly ‘seen the future’ - and it’s dynamic.
You know, as in ‘dynamic languages’...? “Oh, those!” you might say. What’s so futuristic about those? They’ve been around since Methuselah was just a lad.
Yes, but up to now, they haven’t formed a part of Microsoft’s vision of the future. PHP, Python, Ruby, Tcl and Perl have been around for ages; Smalltalk was developed in the ‘70s and LISP started life way (...)
