From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-07-09T02:08:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Why Ruby over Python?

Hi --

On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Troy Denkinger wrote:

> As a longtime Perler, I dislike Python's significant whitespace.  That's why
> I could never go for it.  Ruby just feels right to me.  I enjoy writing it
> and it feels liberating when I do.
>
> I still like Perl, but Ruby is quickly winning me over.

Let's be clear about this, though: people *are* allowed to like and
use more than one language :-)  This is a point that sometimes gets
obscured in these "winner-take-all" language comparison discussions.


David

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