Python vs Ruby

[Kent Johnson]

Bryan wrote:
> i would not say sion's ratio of 5:1 is dubious.  for what it's worth, 
> i've written i pretty complex program in jython over the last year.  
> jython compiles to java source code and the number of generated java 
> lines to the jython lines is 4:1.

Ugh. The code generated by jythonc is *nothing like* the code you would write by hand to do the same thing. This is a meaningless comparison.

Kent