Python compared to other language

[walterbyrd]

On May 18, 10:24 pm, a... at mac.com (Alex Martelli) wrote:

>
> I think that Ruby, which roughly speaking sits somewhere between Python
> and Perl, is closer to Python than Perl is.

I don't know much about Ruby, but it does not seem to be commonly used
for anything other than web-development. It may be that Ruby could be
used for other purposes, but I don't seem to see it happen much.

I know that PHP can used at the command line, and could be used for
the same sort of sys-admin tasks for which, Perl and Python are often
used, but I don't seem to see that happening either.

I'm not sure if Ruby, or PHP, are as general purpose as Perl or Python.