From: "Ara.T.Howard" <ahoward@...>
Date: 2004-04-03T00:04:21+09:00
Subject: Re: deciding between ruby and python

On 2 Apr 2004, Ville Vainio wrote:

> It does make a difference, because sequences (or 'iterables') are a much
> more fundamental concept than strings.

i think alan turing would disagree.  strings are THE fundemental concept
behind all computing and this has been agreed upon in computer science since
1936.

-a
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