From: Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@...>
Date: 2005-01-11T09:05:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Serious programmers and syntax (was Re: Python vs Ruby)

Hello Douglas,

>> > IMHO the different syntax shouldn't be an argument for a "serious"
>> > programmer.
>> 
>> Please count me out as a serious programmer, then. I care deeply about
>> the aesthetics of Ruby.

DL> Well... he did put it in quotes. I think what he means by "serious" is
DL> someone who writes code simply to get a job done - nothing more.

For me a "serious" programmer is a highly educated and skilled person
- nothing more. Such a person should be able to use indentation based
syntax, curly braces or simple 100 level deepth nested COMMON-LISP
parenthesis and feel comfortable with it (after a few hours).

If you count for aestetics IMHO ruby will not get that far when
compared to python, just because the many dirty tricks and the 100
ways to write literals and mix it with ruby code by using #{...}

But talking about this is like saying that old style Oil Paintings are art,
but Comics are not. It's just a matter of different styles. And its the
artist who is responsible for the painting.



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