Reader with another perspective

Prospective buyers that are discouraged by some of the negative reviews may be encouraged by a perspective I have gained from writing code that writes code:

--I find it usually does not matter as much how fast a code generation tool performs, but rather that the code it generates has good performance (with exceptions of course).

--Since I'm writing a tool to save time, and often for "internal" use, I tend to prefer using one or more simple, expressive languages for the job, and Ruby is one such language.

--Whether the book's examples suit real life situations is arguable and I don't care so much either way, but if you instead view the book as an opportunity to see more creative approaches to solving problems by writing tools to solve your problems, I find that mindset to be valuable.

Other Reviews

• Reader with another perspective
• Excellent for Java Developers!
• Poor choice of tools; code not very useful
• The Code Generation Bible