From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-12-23T17:32:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Bruce Eckel wouldn't know why to switch from Python to Ruby

Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 12:17:50PM +0900, gabriele renzi wrote:
>> Chad Perrin ha scritto:
>>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 03:42:50AM +0900, gabriele renzi wrote:
>>>
>>>> while in python it would be:
>>>> class Foo:
>>>> def __init__(slf,foo):
>>>>  slf.foo=foo
>>>
>>>
>>> Argh.  It looks unfinished.  It's asymmetrical, and not in a
>>> beautiful way.
>>>
>>> It's shorter than the Ruby example, but it makes my eyes bleed.  An
>>> episode of The Apprentice is shorter than The Maltese Falcon, too,
>>> but it's a hell of a lot uglier.
>>>
>>> . . at least, for my taste.
>>>
>>> When I want short code, I write it in Perl.
>>
>> de gustibus non est disputandum
>
> Um.  Okay?

We Germans say "�ber Geschm�cker kann man streiten" - interestingly enough
it's the negated translation of the Latin "You cannot argue about
likings"... :-)

    robert