From: Eivind Eklund <eeklund@...>
Date: 2004-10-21T07:12:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Python vs. Ruby (Re: A concise description of Ruby?)

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 04:06:35 +0900, Jamis Buck <jgb3@email.byu.edu> wrote:
> I don't think there is anything wrong with that. I don't think Ruby is
> out to displace Python. In fact, I don't think it ever could, just
> because there are lots of people for whom Python is a better fit than
> Ruby is. That's not blasphemy, just honest talk. ;)

I've tried to talk to people that know burh Ruby and Python, in an
attempt to find somebody that actually like Python-the-language better
than Ruby-the-language, because I'd really like to learn Python, and
I'm looking for motivation.

I've not yet found anybody that like Python-the-language better.  I've
found people that like Python-the-implementation better, and a few
that like the documentation better.  I've found a few that think that
significant whitespace is good (and about the same that hate
significant whitespace), but not yet any that like Python-the-language
better than Ruby-the-language better.  All seem to feel that Ruby is
better.

Counter examples are (somewhat) welcome ;-)

Eivind.
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