Python vs. Ruby

[yaipa h.]

Fred,

Core language wise, they're equal... follow your heart as
your purse will tell you Java/Perl. 

On a personal note, I love Python for it's ease of use, but the
robust modules keep me coming back. I can count on Python to
have a Perl module counter part done in about six months and 
for it to be of very high quality.  If this were not true then
I would hold my nose and write Perl.  If Ruby is six months behind
Python, then it is a year behind Perl (please excuse the gross 
over simplification, but I make my point). Ask yourself, can I wait a 
year or so for a new module to come out? Maybe, maybe not.

Regards,

yaipa.h




Fred <fred_news at lrc.puissante.com> wrote in message news:<_YhQ9.391356$GR5.119074 at rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net>...
> Hello all.
> 
> I know Python and have come to love it very much. Nearly all of my 
> scripting tasks with large databases are written in it.
> 
> My question is this -- what are the qualitative differences between 
> Python and Ruby? Does Ruby has any strengths, either in the language 
> itself or its available libraries, that are better than Python? Or are 
> they pretty much even?
> 
> Also, on the issue of threading -- does Ruby have better support for 
> threading than Python? Or are they pretty much equal?
> 
> Thanks in advance for all of your responses.
> 
> -Fred