What's better about Ruby than Python?

Andrew Dalke adalke at mindspring.com
Thu Aug 21 14:45:37 EDT 2003


Kenny Tilton:
> Forget argument by analogy: How is a macro different than an API or
> class, which hide details and do wonderful things but still have to be
> mastered. Here's an analogy <g>: I could learn Java syntax in a week,
> but does that mean I can keep up with someone who has been using the
> class libraries for years? Nope.
>
> And Java doesn't even have macros.

So adding macros to Java would make it easier to master?

                    Andrew
                    dalke at dalkescientific.com






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