[OT] Python vs Ruby

[Scott David Daniels]

bruno modulix wrote:
> Scott David Daniels wrote:
>>bruno modulix wrote:
>>>... Another language that failed to make it to the mainstream but is
>>>worth giving a try is Smalltalk - the father of OOPLs (Simula being the
>>>GrandFather). 
>>I would say Simula is the forefather of modern OOPLs, and Smalltalk is
>>the toofather.
> Err... I'm afraid I don't understand this last word (and google have not
> been of much help here)

Sorry, I was being too cute by half.  If Simula is the fore father
(4 away) then Smalltalk is half as far (2) away.  Hence the "toofather."
"Toofather" by analogy with the homophones "fore" and "four" we use the
homophones "two" and "too".

--Scott David Daniels
scott.daniels at acm.org