From: tony summerfelt <snowzone5@...>
Date: 2005-01-10T21:52:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Python vs Ruby

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 19:45:45 +0900, you wrote:

>Check this out:

>http://onthethought.blogspot.com/2005/01/thinking-in-ruby-not.html

i've found that when someone becomes a 'python person'  they
absolutely REFUSE to consider another language.

personally i'm of the mind of 'right tool for the job'. and for me
python doesn't seem to be the right tool for anything.

somebody with mr. eckel's smarts should know better...can you imagine
what he could do with 'thinking in ruby'

in that blog he's guilty of the same thing he accuses ruby of:

'Of course I only get bits and pieces, usually from people who don't
know Python trying to convince me that Ruby is better,'

and rubyist's  get it the other way around :)

the main argument that python programmers use to use is that  python
is OO from the ground up. clearly it's not, but ruby is...and i think
that sticks in their craw more than then they'd like to admit...

rather than get bombarded by moronic hatemail (as happened last time
when i point all this out)  i'm leaving it at that...

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