From: Clemens Hintze <c.hintze@...>
Date: 2000-10-10T16:10:06+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:5371] Re: Is Ruby "enough better"?

>>>>> "G" == Gabriel Lima <Gabriel.Lima@enea.se> writes:

Hi,

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    G> The question I am formulating is related to Python (as Python
    G> seems to be the closest match, due to its OOP features, and
    G> being both scripting languages), but it is not related to
    G> whether Ruby is better than Pyhon, but rather to the question
    G> of if the differences really are so great, that the switch is
    G> worth it.

I cannot add much more to the answers posted so far. I was also coming
from Perl over Python to Ruby. For me Ruby has one BIG advantage that
nobody has mentioned so far, however: Ruby's C API.

Ruby's nice/clever thought-thru C API combined with its true garbage
collector make programming C extensions for Ruby a non-issue in
opposition to C extensions written for Python or (GOD safe me!) Perl.

Besides this I think Ruby is more dynamic and flexible than Python. 
And, as Yasushi Shoji mentioned: it is really fun! :-)

Try it, and examine for you own!

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