language theory regarding Perl/Ruby in universities ?


I took a programming language class as an undergrad in CS and enjoyed
the in depth analysis of language theory where we touched on
everything from Fortran, Modula 2, C, Pascal, Algol, Lisp, Ada and so
on. That was along time ago back in the late 80's.

I'd like to know if anyone has been studying language theory lately
has been learning much about Perl and Ruby which I believe are dynamic
languages ? I did C++ and Java for many years and have also done alot
of Perl and Ruby. I find the strengths and weaknesses of Perl in
particular to be very interesting and complex. Most people I've met
however either love or hate Perl, I don't take that tact at all and
try to look at it more objectively. I do like alot of what I've
learned about Ruby. I've been to some Perl monger meetings where Perl
lovers reside and know some Java guys who really look down on Perl and
Ruby. I'd find it interesting how this might be presented in a
university setting or if Perl/Ruby are studied much ?

.

Relevant Pages

  • The languages Perl, Java, C++, and Ruby and interview strategies
    ... I have spent the last 8 months or so learning Ruby on Rails, ... The number of jobs in Ruby is still somewhat limited, ... guys liked C because of it's looseness with pointers, but alot of C ... I have mixed feeling about Perl. ...
    (comp.programming)
  • Re: language theory regarding Perl/Ruby in universities ?
    ... assembly language, which was much the basis for C++. ... Ruby is also ... object oriented and came from Perl. ... And I don't understand what you mean by ""language theory regarding ...
    (comp.theory)
  • Re: Perl Presentation
    ... Perl for *Programming Languages Course*. ... Is there any resource that ... What is unique about Perl are its concepts of *natural* language theory: ...
    (comp.lang.perl.misc)
  • Re: Ruby vs. PHP
    ... done is checked out which versions of Perl, Python, YARV, Ruby, jRuby ... dynamic language to the seconds for the benchmark with gcc. ... YARV, Python, Perl and PHP have fairly close medians and the boxes are ...
    (comp.lang.ruby)
  • A crosspost from the Perl Community
    ... I've been thinking of myself as a Perl developer for the past several ... and recently was handed a Ruby project. ... or an introduction of Ruby for Perl programmers. ... It's those same developers that can ...
    (comp.lang.ruby)