From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2002-09-06T09:45:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby aesthetics

Hi,

In message "Re: Ruby aesthetics"
    on 02/09/06, Matt Gushee <mgushee@havenrock.com> writes:

|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
|because I appreciate elegant language design, partly because it's new
|and different, partly because I have connections to Japan and may want
|to work there again someday. I still like Python, too, and if I had to
|choose one or the other today, I would pick Python--not because I think
|it's better, but simply because I know people will pay me to write 
|Python.
|
|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.

Thank you for the comment.  I confess I like Python too.

							matz.