Python or Ruby for a newbie - Winner is Python!

[Jason Voegele]

Scrumpy <reply at in_newsgroup.tks> wrote in message news:<ac3ln8$81p$1 at hfc.pacific.net.hk>...
> That's really strange! I've also just checked Google groups and saw other 
> newsgroup post that I've made but not teh ones to the Ruby newsgroup! :-(
[snip]
> What's the point in a newbie to programming, who's trying to get help in 
> selecting a language, trying to provoke flames from users of a langauge?!

Scrumpy,

I apologize for jumping to conclusions.  I'm sure you'll enjoy
programming in either Python or Ruby, so good luck with your research.

-- 
Jason Voegele
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us."
    -- Gene Wolfe, The Book of the New Sun