From: Edgardo Hames <ehames@...>
Date: 2004-10-21T04:18:20+09:00
Subject: Re: A concise description of Ruby?

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 03:59:46 +0900, Curt Hibbs <curt@hibbs.com> wrote:
> Edgardo Hames wrote:
> >
> > Given that Ruby comes from Perl and Smalltalk, why do some people keep
> > comparing Ruby and Python all the time? We already know which one is
> > better ;)
> > Do they share a similar background (besides the usually mentioned
> > similarities).
> 
> They are both dynamic, typeless, OO languages. If that is what you are
> looking for (when you don't know any thing else), then both will quickly
> become targets for further investigation.
>

Back in February, I was looking for a new OO programming language with
the power of Perl but without all its nasty stuff.

After attending to a Python lecture, reading some documentation about
Ruby and subscribing to the list. I must say that at first I didn't
like Ruby's @'s for object's attributes (a little bit too Perl-ish),
but I decided to try out Ruby anyway and I really love it.

I wondered whether Python came from Perl and Smalltalk and that's the
reason why they are compared (someone even said they are cousins, if
that could ever be).

> I would like to think that those without any existing vested interest in
> Python would end up choosing Ruby. At least I hope I'm right!  :-)

I did choose Ruby, so you're at least partially right!

Regards,
Ed


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