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Re: What's TOTALLY COMPELLING about Ruby over Python?   Message List  
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Re: What's TOTALLY COMPELLING about Ruby over Python?

davesum99@... (smarter_than_you) writes:

> The real question here is, why haven't we all but Brandon in OUR killfiles?

When there's a stinging insect flying around the room, I like to be
able to see it.

Also, his perspective is so different from mine, I find it useful to
be reminded that there are people like him out there. It's fascinating
the way he seems to think everything needs to be a zero-sum
interaction... I mean, _why_ does anyone in the open source world have
to eat anyone else's lunch? Why is market dominance supposed to be
important to pythonistas? It's just good to be reminded that some
people really think like this -- as weird as it might seem to me.

Nick

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... When there's a stinging insect flying around the room, I like to be able to see it. Also, his perspective is so different from mine, I find it useful to be...
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Jeffrey P Shell wrote: [an excellent, lengthy article contrasting Python and Ruby] Article saved permanently. This is the only good thing to come out of this...
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... I agree. It would have taken weeks for me to figure out all of that on my own. Get that great article posted in your weblog. I'll note that "foo.sort"...
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... I think for many people, it all boils down to this. Whoever hates Perl will find Python more interesting. Whoever loves Perl, or uses/has used Perl, will...
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... An excellent answer and a great read, Jeffrey. Thanks. -- Graham -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list...
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... Yes, you're right! Missed that one in the noise... -Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list...
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... What if you had your editor expand '@' into 'self.'? (Not something I would do.) And how many Ruby threads are lost for people complaining about having to...
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... You are correct. The exception handling in Python is as powerful as in Ruby. However, Ruby's way seems more beautiful to me. Another example: in Python you...
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... and I meant Ten Years AFTER. -- TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best, Microsoft Security Alert: the Matrix began as open source. -- ...
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On 20 Aug 2003 19:16:01 -0700, davesum99@... (smarter_than_you) ... c.l.py and killfiles don't match. Thankfully, the worst killfiling group I have...
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