From: Xavier Noria <fxn@...>
Date: 2006-07-09T02:24:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Why Ruby over Python?

On Jul 8, 2006, at 19:08, dblack@wobblini.net 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.

Indeed, I am a dynamic languages enthusiast. Perl specialist by  
historical accident, that's the one I learned the firt. But very  
happy to code in either Python or Ruby. My Perl module Acme::Pythonic  
is kind of a joke about these "dualities".

-- fxn