From: Peter Hickman <peter@...>
Date: 2003-03-21T18:22:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Strong advantages over Python

Irregardless of the benefits of Ruby over Python I do not believe that 
dissing one language to make another look good is any way to promote 
that language. It is the sort of trick that politicians with weak 
arguments are wont to use.

If you want to show how good Ruby is give them some programming 
exercises in Java for a term and then switch over to Ruby. When they see 
that they can write the program without all that 'scaffolding' they will 
be impressed.

Or perhaps teach them OO in Ruby for it's simplicity and then switch to 
Java and watch their hair fall out.