From: Gawnsoft <xlucid@...>
Date: 2004-03-30T13:39:25+09:00
Subject: Re: deciding between ruby and python

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:02:23 GMT, Tim Hunter <cyclists@nc.rr.com>
wrote (more or less):

>On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 19:05:03 +0200, Serve Lau wrote:
>
>> Wasn't python designed with ease of use as top priority? Surely there
>> must be some differences there? Easier to express things in ruby, more
>> power or something?
>
>Ruby-ists, IMO, are generally reluctant to make qualitative statements
>about Python vs. Ruby. Partly this is because we're inherently
>non-confrontational :-) Partly this is because we've been burned by the
>occasional troll who always starts out with mild Python vs. Ruby
>questions. Partly because it's near-impossible to define "better" such
>that everybody agrees. 

Yes - it's a lot like saying "I'm looking for a large quadruped.  Is a
horse or a cow better?"


Cheers, 
   Euan
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