From: Stu Date: 2012-11-14T08:14:04+09:00 Subject: Re: Python or RUBY? That's a relative statement. C++ is easier than C and C is easier than ASM. Though you'd be hard set to find a c++ programmer with no knowledge of pure c. The concepts out way the semantic syntax. Having the luxury to express yourself without to much in building a abstracted hidden element is the most important at first. The long term goal for new programmers is to think in regards not of the tool used but what the foundational knowledge is. Anything else is simply a dependency of knowledge which force most people to limit themselves on the tech used. Anything you can express in one language should be available in any other language regardless of paradigm. Set no limits on yourself and your will become what your currently setting out to be. In my opinion ruby is a great tool and an even better second language. It really is made by a programmer for programmers. Discovering why it's awesome can only be seen once you have spent some time doing `hello world`, transverse containers, and flipping bits on one language or another to compare and contrast. There are some free tutorials online under the name "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist" --- They are for languages other than ruby but duplicate the concepts from one language to another. Take the time and go through one of those. Also regardless whether you pick a "easy" repl based interpreter language or an compiled implementation language the concepts become a benchmark for what is "hard" not the tool used. Also the concepts themselves are what you will bring with you over to the next language and technology used. Theory over syntax abstraction wins every time. It's what separates a low paid developer from a programmer free to fix their own problems as there are no limitations but the ones you impose on yourself. I hope my 2 bits help you as it's an interesting leap going from beginning to intermediate skills. ~Stu On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Radu M. wrote: > Ok...Thanks everybody. Ruby is easier than Python... > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. >