From: Tim Hammerquist <tim@...>
Date: 2002-01-13T10:07:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Why I think Ruby will eventually be more popular than Python

George Jempty <jb4mt@bbc.net> graced us by uttering:
[ snip ]
> I've read up on OO, and flirted with it with Perl and Java, but I
> have made the decision, as of 2002, to make Ruby my vehicle for
> finally delving into OO in a major way.

I'm new to Ruby myself and have also trudged through OO
implementations in C++, Java, Perl, and Python (chronologically).
Ruby is definitely my first choice for any OO application, and is
preferable to Python for many non-OO applications.

Since one of the goals of OO is to make it possible to treat an
instance of a user's class as if it were a built-in, Ruby comes
closer to achieving this dream than I thought was possible.  I was
also pleased to note it's treatment of classes and variables was
similar to Smalltalk's.

I decline to comment, however, on Ruby's destiny. Industry
preferences (outside of Redmond) often seem to be based less on Good
and Evil/Right and Wrong, and more on industry whim.

IOW, I have no idea what programmers will opt to use 5-10 years from
now, nor do I claim to know how to predict this. ;)

my 3 cents,  =)
Tim Hammerquist
-- 
Obviously I was either onto something, or on something.
    -- Larry Wall on the creation of Perl