Re: what is the problem?

[Michael Vanier <address@hidden>]

> From: "Benoit Cerrina" <b.cerrina@wanadoo.fr>
> Cc: <paulgraham@yahoo.com>, <kevin_kelleher@non.hp.com>,
> 	<ll1-discuss@ai.mit.edu>
> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 09:00:16 +0100
> 
> Yes Matz new about ruby.
> Benoit

You mean, Matz (Ruby's creator) knew about python.  I know; that's why I
said it was tongue-in-cheek.  I remember Matz posting to comp.lang.python
when Ruby was still in the experimental stage.  What surprises me is how
many Ruby aficionados haven't tried python; the two languages are extremely
similar.  Ruby has more syntax and a more Smalltalky object system, but
other than that there isn't any compelling difference AFAICT.

Mike



> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Sugalski" <dan@sidhe.org>
> To: "Michael Vanier" <mvanier@bbb.caltech.edu>
> Cc: <paulgraham@yahoo.com>; <kevin_kelleher@non.hp.com>;
> <ll1-discuss@ai.mit.edu>
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 4:24 AM
> Subject: Re: what is the problem?
> 
> 
> > On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Michael Vanier wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > > Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 22:05:01 -0500 (EST)
> > > > From: Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org>
> > > >
> > > > > Does anyone have suggestions for Smalltalk, Ruby, Haskell, ML...?
> > > >
> > > > Perl: Screw the theory, I just want it to work.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Ruby: Perl is too complicated, Smalltalk is cool, and I haven't heard of
> > >       python.
> >
> > Almost. "and python's OO chickened out too soon".
> >
> > Dan
> >
> 
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