From: Costan <CMValma@...>
Date: 2008-07-05T04:37:40+09:00
Subject: Does Ruby have any advantage over Python to create semantic 	applications?

Hi all,
I'm trying to choose between Ruby of Python as almost my first
programming language (I started more that 10 years ago to study
Computer Science but I changed major). The reason is that I want to
create an application (I'll create a start-up with more people later
on) that is very demanding in semantic search capabilities and
creating lots of theory-like relations... I heard that ruby could have
some advantages over Python in how manages language... This was
discussed though... Is there anyone there that can answer this with
concrete arguments? Why do you think it is or it is not?

Forget about the following question if it sounds too cumbersome: I
heard the word 'prototype' in the same conversation about Ruby and
natural language and I wondered if it could have anything to do with
the Rosch's theory about how concepts and categories work. Does it?


Thanks a lot in advance,

Costan