From: Aleksei Guzev <aleksei.guzev@...>
Date: 2001-08-23T13:23:39+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:20157] RE:  Bruce Eckel's criticism of Ruby

# Some quotes...
# 
# "So far I keep coming to the conclusion that Ruby is just a 
# bad ripoff of 
# Python, just like C# is a bad ripoff of C++ and to some degree Java"
# 
# "For some reason, the creator of the language saw Python and 
# decided to do a 
# clone, and people who had never used Python thought it was a 
# good idea. 
# Harsh, maybe, but that's my impression: if you've used Python 
# at all, you 
# wouldn't give Ruby a second glance. "
# 

I used Python at work for two years. After testing Ruby I had migrated
to Ruby completeley. My coworkers followed me.



# Of course, it should be noted that Bruce is starting to write 
# a Python book 
# (Thinking in Python), and so may have at some point an 
# indirect economic 
# interest in Python's success. I don't think, however, that 
# this is his 
# motivation for saying what he did.
# 
# But what do you think of his assessment? I have only looked 
# at Python myself; 
# I don't know enough to compare them. I can say as a Smalltalk 
# and Perl 
# programmer that Ruby fills a need for me, and feels comfortable.
# 
# -- 
# Ned Konz
# currently: Stanwood, WA
# email:     ned@bike-nomad.com
# homepage:  http://bike-nomad.com
#