From: Mark Carter <me@...>
Date: 2007-06-11T00:20:12+09:00
Subject: Serious danger of being impressed

I'm mostly into Python, and decided to have a go at writing a little 
accounts package (in python on OS X). It worked in its primitive way, 
and I was looking to take it to the next level.

I decided that sqlite was the way to go. For some reason I couldn't get 
sqlite3 and the python module to work properly - it didn't seem to 
commit the data to the database consistently.

So I thought, what the hell, I'll try Ruby. I switched over to Ubuntu, 
because it seemed a bit easier than OS X. First impressions: oh man! The 
sqlite package worked fine, and I came across rsqlitegui, which I can 
use to inspect the database when coding isn't required.

I think Ruby is a serious serious contender for python.

I'm also in two minds as to whether I should try to switch over from OS 
X permanently. I'm new to iMacs, and I have to say that OS X has a nice 
polish to it; but then Ubuntu, gotta love those repositories.