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No mention of PHP? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 30, 2013, at 9:14 AM, Kurt Nordstrom <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Whoohoo, late to the party! > > I like Python because I learned it first, and I haven't had a need to > explore Ruby yet. > > I did briefly foray into learning Ruby in order to try to learn Rails, and > I actually found that my background in Python sort of gave me brain-jam for > learning Ruby, because the languages were so close together, but just > different in some ways. So my mind would be 'oh, so it's just <insert > Python idiom here> but then, it's not. If I tackle Ruby again, I will > definitely try to 'empty my cup' first. > > -K > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Marc Chantreux <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> hello, >> >> Sorry comming late with it but: >> >> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:43:33AM -0500, Joshua Welker wrote: >>> Not intending to start a language flame war/holy war here, but in the >>> library coding community, is there a particular reason to use Ruby over >>> Python or vice-versa? >> >> Is it the only choices you have? Because I'd personnally advice none of >> them >> >> I tested both of them before stucking to Perl just because >> >> * it is very pleasant when it come to explore and modify datastructures >> and strings (which library things are). >> * the ecosystem is briliant: perl comes with lot of libraries and tools >> with a quality i haven't found in other languages. >> >> Of course, perl is not perfect and i really would like to use a modern >> emerging compiled language like go, rust, haskell or even something on the >> jvm >> (like clojure or the emerging perl6) but all of them miss libraries. >> >> HTH >> regards >> -- >> Marc Chantreux >> Université de Strasbourg, Direction Informatique >> 14 Rue René Descartes, >> 67084 STRASBOURG CEDEX >> ☎: 03.68.85.57.40 >> http://unistra.fr >> "Don't believe everything you read on the Internet" >> -- Abraham Lincoln > > > > -- > http://www.blar.net/kurt/blog/