From: bbense+comp.lang.ruby.Sep.18.02@... Date: 2002-09-19T13:38:29+09:00 Subject: Re: Python the new Lisp, what about Ruby then? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <1032407726.16274.346.camel@silver>, Tom Sawyer wrote: >On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 21:37, Mike Campbell wrote: >> > ruby though just may gain as great a heritage as lisp due to its highly >> > OO nature. but python? flash in the pan. >> >> I don't use Python, but I'd hardly call it _that_. It is quite popular, and >> doing Real World Stuff (tm). Seems to me hardly faddish. > >well, i exagerate. but you get my meaning. i'm sure python dosen't have >the staying power of lisp. lisp will probably be with us for all time, >while python will be superceeded. - - Lisp started around 1956 and has been widely used since 1960 or so. It's got a long head start. > >i think ruby has greater potential for sticking around, and perhaps is >the successor of python to which i refer. > - - Repeat after me... Ruby is the new Ruby..... Pointless comparisions are a waste of time. Python/Perl/Foo bashing merely makes you look well, un-Ruby like. - - Booker C. Bense -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBPYlQ32TWTAjn5N/lAQHh+wP+ONJp+detA/HNp3AeGTkP5IpFgb3AjSMr yl3zQ2gondHIM+y91ZL5CAMbnAN+wEMzwgs3FEL2D8ZW2fJ/R63G5jhYJb3CniM5 JoOkjs0UR1UOSRUZTKXpscLQJlDfxtNtAjA4QzS1cwu+BmCTW/N52H7qwoZPdJ1V 2IJWJqDp+Fc= =kdDp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----