From: Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...>
Date: 2007-05-11T08:45:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Performance - LOW ?

On 10 May 2007, at 20:00, Jason wrote:
> But to "guess the true future", Python is behind the "Sugar" of the
> OLPC project...
>
> OLPC: One Laptop Per Child
> http://www.laptop.org/
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Python_Environment
>
> I would ask any Ruby(cult)ists to save the flames and instead donate
> their energies to this fine project to better the world's children...

No flame intended, but is the Python world ready for the potential  
influx of 100 million child/teenage programmers doing exactly the  
same things as those of us who learned our bad habits on BASIC in the  
1980s?


Ellie

Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
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