From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2005-12-21T08:54:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Bruce Eckel and Ruby

On 20/12/05, Bob Hutchison <hutch@recursive.ca> wrote:
> Lose the hostility and read his article again. He is asking a fair
> question. Why *would* a programmer already into Python switch to
> Ruby? My question is does it matter if we can or cannot get a Python
> programmer to switch?

Bob:

Mr Eckel is not merely asking the question. He is asking the question
in perhaps as hostile a way as he can without saying that Rubyists are
poopyheads.

Frankly, I don't *want* Mr Eckel to become a Ruby programmer (and say
so on the blog entry I linked to earlier); he's likely to find all
sorts of "flaws" that are in fact features that I *love* about Ruby.
Similarly, a lot of the "features" he finds in Python I consider
flaws. He won't be happy in Ruby, so he shouldn't use it.

The pecuniary interests question is raised only because the first
commenter on Mr Eckel's article raised it about Mr Tate. Neither is a
legitimate question here and maligns everyone involved.

-austin
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