Python vs Ruby

[Max M]

Mike Meyer wrote:

> There were studies done in the 70s that showed that programmers
> produced the same number of debugged lines of code a day no matter
> what language they used. So a language that lets you build the same
> program with fewer lines of code will let you build the program in
> less time.

In my experience the LOC count is *far* less significant than the levels 
of indirections.

Eg. how many levels of abstraction do I have to understand to follow a 
traceback, or to understand what a method relly does in a complex system.


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hilsen/regards Max M, Denmark

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