From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-07-09T04:29:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Why Ruby over Python?

James Britt wrote:
> dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Don't be a party pooper.
>
> Next thing you know, people will start thinking it's OK to like and
> use more than one Web framework, or more than one editor, or more than
> one OS.
>
> And what fun would that be?
Wait a minute ... there's *another* OS? This changes *everything*!
-- 

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

http://linuxcapacityplanning.com