From: Sam Duncan <sduncan@...>
Date: 2010-11-25T07:17:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby's "More than one way to do things."

If I want to walk to my friend's house, why should I have to go in the 
same manner as you? When you walked to my friend's house it was raining, 
so you didn't take the newspaper with you, and you didn't dally. Today I 
am going to my friend's house and it is sunny. I think I will take him 
the newspaper, and stop periodically under nearby trees for some shade. 
I might even detour to the ice cream shop.

It's good to know however, that we can both walk to my friend's house.

Sam


On 25/11/10 10:16, Jason Lillywhite wrote:
> There is one point made about Python vs. Ruby on this site:
> http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PythonVsRuby that interests me:
>
> It is this:
> Ruby: "There is more than one way to do it."
> Python: "There should be one - and preferably only one - obvious way to
> do it."
>
> Do you agree that Ruby emphasizes having more than one way to do it more
> than Python does? Do you believe this is a good thing for Ruby? Why?
>
> I personally like to have structure in my life and feel okay with having
> only one way, but then - I've never really programmed anything in Python
> before so I can't really make a good comparison.
>
> Thank you for any thoughts.
>
> Jason
>
>