Python vs Ruby

[Alex Stapleton]

On 21 Oct 2005, at 09:31, Harald Armin Massa wrote:

> Casey,
>
>
>
>> I have heard, but have not been able to verify that if a program is
>> about
>> 10,000 lines in C++
>> it is about
>> 5,000 lines in Java
>> and it is about
>> 3,000 lines in Python (Ruby to?)
>>
>
> BTW: it is normally only 50 lines in Perl. Not that you could read it,
> though
>
> Harald
>

Perl is more like a CISC CPU. There are a million different commands.  
Python is more RISC like.
Line count comparisons = pointless.