From: "Ara.T.Howard" Date: 2004-03-30T14:04:25+09:00 Subject: Re: deciding between ruby and python On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Gawnsoft wrote: > On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:02:23 GMT, Tim Hunter > 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?" definedly a cow. horse burgers are terrible. -a -- =============================================================================== | EMAIL :: Ara [dot] T [dot] Howard [at] noaa [dot] gov | PHONE :: 303.497.6469 | ADDRESS :: E/GC2 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305-3328 | URL :: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/ | TRY :: for l in ruby perl;do $l -e "print \"\x3a\x2d\x29\x0a\"";done ===============================================================================