From: yermej <yermej@...>
Date: 2008-06-08T07:03:45+09:00
Subject: Re: A crosspost from the Perl Community

On Jun 7, 10:41 am, David Masover <ni...@slaphack.com> wrote:
> On Friday 06 June 2008 12:21:08 Marc Heiler wrote:
>
> > Then we compare our solutions. (Only "in-built" stuff is allowed, i.e.
> > no cpan modules rubygems etc... things would have to be used from
> > scratch, so that no language gains an inherent advantage over the other)
>
> That would still potentially be a comparison of standard libraries. And you
> can't get away from that, really.
>
> But it is a valid point that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Almost no
> one I know who's seen Ruby code argues that Perl is better -- but then,
> almost no one I know dislikes Firefly or Serenity. I'm finding out that the
> Internet is a bigger place -- if there is an opinion, someone holds it.

Not that I have anything to contribute, but now you have me thinking
about this entire discussion and Rule 34.

I'm scared.