[Tutor] Help deciding between python and ruby

[Luke Paireepinart]

On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:21 AM, kevin parks <kp8 at mac.com> wrote:

> Well, the only thing more annoying than off topic discussion is "meta"
> discussion on lists and folks passing judgement on other people's posts (ie.
> you should have x, your should not have Y... I shouldn't have this second
> doughnut, but you know what, i am gonna eat that *and* have a second cup of
> coffee). So i'll resist the temptation to reply to Luke in detail, who i did
> not realize was a moderator here.
>
For the record, I'm not a moderator.  I'm sorry if it seemed like I was
flaming you, I just don't think this discussion is a bad thing so far.

Most of this has already been touched on in this thread ... But I would add
> that that very past point is a HUGE reason why i use python. For little
> pea-shooter scripts I don't want to have to know and apply advanced OOP
> concepts. Yet if you do know them and your project requires it... it is
> there. [snip] I like to dig right in and Python is good for that for sure.
>
>  I agree, but I can see how some people don't like it.  It's similar to the
 Java vs. C++ debate I guess, Java is forced OO and C++ is optional.
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