From: Wilkes Joiner <boognish23@...>
Date: 2002-01-01T16:04:31+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:29936] Re: Ruby/Python: Software Engineering

> ... When my group within my company looks to
> improve productivity, one question is: Can we develop code better? Again,
> unfortunately, most people simply compare languages by their "features" (eg.
> "pure"-OO or iterators). When asked: What about choosing a langauge which is
> "friendly" towards one's problems *and methodologies*? one is dismissed with:
> You can write bad code in any language. Well, sure you can, but why
> *encourage* it?!

As I've heard in the python community, "It fits into my head."  I have similar
affinity to Ruby.  I find that Ruby almost never gets in my way.  It allows me
to express my ideas more directly than in other languages.  Maybe Python is
that way for you, it was for me until I began using Ruby :-)

-Wilkes

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