From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-03-03T22:37:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Boy I love the Ruby community

On 3/3/07, Luciano Ramalho <ramalho@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/3/07, Dave Thomas <dave@pragprog.com> wrote:
> >
> > On any other language list, if I announced a book on a different
> > language, I'd get flamed until crisp.
> >
> > Here, all you folks say is "cool".
> >
> > It's a nice place to call home.
>
> Comming from the Python community, I don't think pythonistas are more
> intolerant than rubyists, although I've heard this myth while talking
> to people at the last RubyConf. On the other hand, if you had
> announced a Python book, perhaps your response here would not be
> positive.
>
> One of the things that has always bothered me in the Ruby community is
> how much Python bashing goes on, most of it needless and a lot of it
> pointless.

Well I did not really notice but it is sad news that you feel like it,
maybe we should be a little more expressive about smileys sometimes.

You are making a strong point, Python's success is something to be
jealous of course ;), but there simply is *no* reason to bash anybody
unless it is /bin/bash of course.

Personally I have very mixed feelings about Python, I love its power
and I hate its syntax and complexity.

But both statements are probably a compliment to the language and
loving the power and hating the complexity is somehow stupid of
course.

Hopefully you will keep stopping by.
>
> Then again, you *are* Dave Thomas, and everyone here are your fans
> (including myself), so you'll always get special treatment.
>

Who is this Dave Thomas guy?  No I am not kidding, probably I am just
very ignorant, but not for very much longer...

> Cheers,
>
> Luciano
>
>
Ciao ( no make that ate � prossima)
Robert

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In fact, in some ways, we are more confused than ever.
But we feel we are confused on a higher level and about more important things.
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