From: Steffen Mutter <steffen@...>
Date: 2005-12-22T03:22:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Why not Python? (No, no, I am not a spy)

Am Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:54:12 -0800 schrieb Tolga:

> One or two weeks ago, I tried Python and loved it.

What exactly did make you feel happy?

> But I also hearing
> ineteresting things about Ruby nowadays. Which language should I use?

Take the language which makes your brain happy and offers you the
opportunity to develop the applications you think the world was waiting
for in a minute.
The documentation of Python's is better (IMHO) so far,if you'd like to
spend a lot of money in books or googkle a dive into python.
If you'd like to go wild in a second I suggest you get the new
pragmatic programmer's 'programming ruby book' v2.

> Oh, yes, this question looks somewhat silly, this is a Ruby group and
> people will tend to give an automatic "Ruby" reply.

Not really. If you like python, stay for a while with it and
get experienced.
Maybe you should choose a commercial IDE like I did with 'komodo' and I
enjoy hacking with it very much, so you still have the opportunity to
develop in different programming languages.

 > By the way, I am not a computer scientist and these are the reasons why
> I want to learn Python or Ruby. 

You don't need to be a computer scientist to write useful programs or get
geeky.
 Just think about what you really want to code.
If you want to code applications which really need to be object orientated
you won't miss the easy coding experience offered by ruby.

Regards,
Steffen