Python vs Ruby

[Amol Vaidya]

Hi. I am interested in learning a new programming language, and have been
debating whether to learn Ruby or Python. How do these compare and contrast
with one another, and what advantages does one language provide over the
other? I would like to consider as many opinions as I can on this matter
before I start studying either language in depth. Any help/comments are
greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help.

[Roy Smith]

In article <Zn************ ***@tornado.tex as.rr.com>,
"Amol Vaidya" <my*****@gmail. com> wrote:

Hi. I am interested in learning a new programming language, and have been
debating whether to learn Ruby or Python. How do these compare and contrast
with one another, and what advantages does one language provide over the
other? I would like to consider as many opinions as I can on this matter
before I start studying either language in depth. Any help/comments are
greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help.

Of all the common scripting languages, Ruby has the highest vowel to
consonant ratio.

[jean-marc]

I'd believe that would be Lua, but then again what is common to one
might not be to another ;-)

[Roy Smith]

In article <11************ **********@z14g 2000cwz.googleg roups.com>,
"jean-marc" <jm*********@cv m.qc.ca> wrote:

I'd believe that would be Lua, but then again what is common to one
might not be to another ;-)

Dang, you're right! Lua's got Ruby beat two-fold!

[Jason Stitt]

On Oct 19, 2005, at 10:01 PM, Roy Smith wrote:

In article <11************ **********@z14g 2000cwz.googleg roups.com>,
"jean-marc" <jm*********@cv m.qc.ca> wrote:

I'd believe that would be Lua, but then again what is common to one
might not be to another ;-)

Dang, you're right! Lua's got Ruby beat two-fold!

And lack of vowels is definitive proof that PHP is not-so-good, right?

How can we improve Python's competitiveness in this arena? "Pie"? Or
can we do even better than Lua? Ptooey!

- Jason

[Bryan]

Amol Vaidya wrote:

Hi. I am interested in learning a new programming language, and have been
debating whether to learn Ruby or Python. How do these compare and contrast
with one another, and what advantages does one language provide over the
other? I would like to consider as many opinions as I can on this matter
before I start studying either language in depth. Any help/comments are
greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help.

why don't you do what i did? download ruby and spend a day or two reading
"programmin g ruby" from www.ruby-lang.org/en. the download python and spend a
day or two reading the python tuturial from www.python.org. they are very
similar languages and it's going to come down to your personal perference. for
me personally, ruby did not fit in my brain and python did. i used the "how
many times did i have to flip back to a previous page in the manual/tutorial and
reread a section" test. with ruby, once i got about one third of the way
through the manual, i had to constantly reread previous sections. with python,
not once did i need to reread a previous section. therefore, python was the
obvious choice for me.
bryan

[jean-marc]

As you see, pythonistas are a nice humourous bunch...
But to help a bit more in your balancing act you might take a look at:

http://blog.ianbicking.org/ruby-python-power.html

It's rather nice, and commented.

[elbertlev]

Languages are very similar but Python has more cale avaliable. Much
more.

[Dave Cook]

On 2005-10-20, el*******@hotma il.com <el*******@hotm ail.com> wrote:

Languages are very similar but Python has more cale avaliable. Much
more.

Cale? You mean Python has more ruffage?

Dave Cook

[Bryan]

Dave Cook wrote:

On 2005-10-20, el*******@hotma il.com <el*******@hotm ail.com> wrote:

Languages are very similar but Python has more cale avaliable. Much
more.

Cale? You mean Python has more ruffage?

Dave Cook

i think you mean "kale" not "cale". nothing like a hot bowl of tofu kale soup
while reading the recipes in the "python cookbook".

bryan