Why not Ruby?

[Tim Rowe]

2009/1/1 r <rt8396 at gmail.com>:
> I am beginning to think
> the perfect high level language would take the best for Ruby and
> Python. The ultimate language with speed in mind, pythons clear
> syntax, but with shortcuts for gurus.

I spent quite a few evenings looking at Ruby, and didn't find a single
thing I liked (and I certainly didn't find it "elegant", as the
original poster described it). What do you see in it that you think
would be good in Python? Remember, put in too many shortcuts and
you'll end up with code that's as unmaintainable as Perl!

-- 
Tim Rowe