From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2005-01-11T00:21:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Python vs Ruby

Hi,

In message "Re: Python vs Ruby"
    on Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:05:16 +0900, Premshree Pillai <premshree.pillai@gmail.com> writes:

|> The lack of English documentation was the biggest
|> (perhaps only) weakness in Ruby.
|
|Exactly. I don't see any other reason why Ruby didn't take off as well
|as Python.

I don't think so.  You have more English documents than in Japanese
these days.  So that the reason should be "the lack of documentation"
at most.  You might know that many among open source developers are
not good document writers (including myself).

							matz.
p.s.
Well, my blog is the only exception, maybe.