From: Joao Pedrosa <joaopedrosa@...>
Date: 2005-01-10T04:36:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Python vs Ruby

Hi,

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 04:13:06 +0900, Premshree Pillai
<premshree.pillai@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 04:06:40 +0900, Lothar Scholz
> <mailinglists@scriptolutions.com> wrote:
> > Hello Lethalman,
> >
> > L> (sorry for my poor English)
> > L> Hello,
> > L> i'm a pythonist but i like very much some ruby features, however it
> > L> doesn't seem to be very supported at all like Python.
> > L> I never programmed in ruby, because i python is more used.
> >
> > L> I would like to know why ruby doesn't "take the fly" like Python did,
> > L> because i really would like to try the ruby language!
> >
> > At the moment i would say that the language is in some aspects better
> 
> Could you elaborate on those aspects?

It would be great to hear about those... But really, if someone that
programs in Ruby and Python doesn't know them, they probably don't
exist, right? :-)

Guido could have created Ruby and Matz Python and no one would have
found that strange. :-)

My take is that Ruby and Python are too different to make for an easy
comparison.

If someone created a couple of libs in both languages I'm sure he
would have to choose one of the two soon... :-) But just to use the
languages and libraries I think someone could keep up with both
worlds.

Anyway, I'm just thinking out loud...

Cheers,
Joao