From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-08-12T08:17:41+09:00
Subject: Ruby vs Python?

Hi all,

Could someone offer me a comparison between Ruby and Python?

Me and one other person are thinking of starting a project and we haven't 
quite settled on a language.  We're just discussing ideas right now.  It's 
a project to make a cross-platform Installer Maker for Linux, Mac and 
Windows.

We have pretty much narrowed it down to Ruby or Python.  I think that 
we're leaning towards the wxWindows toolkit.  Also, we are thinking of 
using Gentoo-style Ebuilds as the basis of the installer.  Since wxPython 
is already mature, and Gentoo's Portage is implemented in Python, I guess 
that we are probably leaning towards Python.

But I'd like to hear some thoughts and opinions first.

Thanks all.
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