From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2005-01-11T02:40:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Python vs Ruby


James Britt said:
> benjamin.ferrari wrote:
> ...
>> 16:20:18-ferrari@herrober:~$ python
>> Python 2.3.3 (#1, May 18 2004, 19:29:58)
>> [GCC 3.3.2 20031218 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.2-r5, propolice-3.3-7)] on linux2
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>
>>>>>import this
>>
>> The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters
>> ...
>> Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
>
>
> "It also makes sense if you grew up Pennsylvania Dutch [...]"
>
> Bruce Eckle, commenting on the readability of a given Ruby example.
>
> http://onthethought.blogspot.com/2005/01/thinking-in-ruby-not.html

It all makes sense now.  Although I, myself, do not speak Pennsylvania
Dutch (my father does), I grew up in a community of Amish and am very used
to the "backwards" style of English spoken there.  Could this be the
reason I find Ruby so attractive.

BTW, Guido's Dutch and Pennsylvania Dutch are not related at all. 
Pennsylvania Dutch is a (somewhat distant) dialect of German (Deutsch).

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