From: Emiliano <emile@...>
Date: 2001-10-24T07:48:35+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:23113] Re: Bruce Eckel's opinion of Ruby

Sean Russell wrote:

> > Yes, to enforce a certain coding format. I'm no great fan of python
> > myself, but one of the downsides (for me) of Perl & Ruby is the utterly
> 
> There is always a balance between maintainability and productivity.  I 
> still believe that the source of Pascal's failure was the obnoxious 
> rigidity.  Python drops the rigid typing, but keeps rigid syntax, which is 
> the my main pet peeve about Python.

This is where we agree...

> Perl is at the other end of the 
> spectrum, which is just as obnoxious.  However, I'd choose Perl in all of 
> its obtuse obscifuscation that Python's draconian dogma any day.  I think 
> Ruby struck a decent balance.

... and this is where we disagree, a bit. Ruby certainly allows for
very elegant coding. It also allows for job-security coding. Python
makes that a lot harder.

Emile