From: William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>
Date: 2002-09-06T04:28:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby aesthetics

Sure, sure, in purely technical arguments, it does not matter what
language and what discussion group it is.  But once some personal bias or
personal words come into play, I think we have to be aware about the
nature of the discussion group.  It is the same thing if I were to
convince people about the goodness of Ruby in comp.lang.python. :)

Bill
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Matt Gushee <mgushee@havenrock.com> wrote:
> What, are people only allowed to use one language? Are we going to have
> to sign loyalty oaths to participate in the Ruby community?

> I can't speak for Paul Prescod, but I am also an experienced Python
> developer who has recently taken an interest in Ruby. Why? Partly
> (...deleted...)

> It seems people who like both Python and Ruby are the minority, but so
> what? As far as I'm concerned, they're both tools, neither is perfect,
> and I'd like to be able to use both. No hidden agendas here.