From: Tobias Reif Date: 2001-10-26T18:28:08+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:23414] Re: Ruby and Python: a fuzzy question Dave Thomas wrote: > Despite this, I personally > have never managed to get excited about Python, but liked Ruby so much > I wrote a book about it. Other folks have the opposite experience, > loving Python and not finding much to thrill them about Ruby. Why is > that? IMHO: The whole world doesn't fall in love with the same girl/guy/... Not all humans like the same ice cream flavour. And with Programming Languages that are basically equivalent in functionality, it's the same: It's useless to argue why "one is better than the other". While that remains true, it can be interesting for all to praise the good things about the language one likes (and knows). Tobi -- Tobias Reif http://www.pinkjuice.com/myDigitalProfile.xhtml go_to('www.ruby-lang.org').get(ruby).play.create.have_fun http://www.pinkjuice.com/ruby/