From: Sean Russell <ser@...>
Date: 2001-10-24T09:27:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:23127] Re: Bruce Eckel's opinion of Ruby

Emiliano wrote:

>> Perl is at the other end of the
>> spectrum, which is just as obnoxious.  However, I'd choose Perl in all of
>> its obtuse obfuscation 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.

Agreed, although I think I could still obfuscate Python if I tried.  I 
haven't met a programming language yet that could defeat me!  ;-)

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