[ale] Python questions

Fletch fletch at phydeaux.org
Wed Aug 4 10:46:18 EDT 2004


>>>>> "Michael" == Michael D Hirsch <mhirsch at nubridges.com> writes:

[...]

    Michael> Alternatively, you might check out Ruby.  It seems very
    Michael> popular with the hackish crowd.  It is even more OO than
    Michael> Python (which is more OO than Java), but it has a more
    Michael> perlish syntax.

Seconded.  Ruby's having an effect on some of the directions the
(mythical :) perl 6 is heading in.  Think Perl crossed with Smalltak.
Also suffers from the "no CPAN.pm" problem, but there is the RAA and
work on `Ruby Gems' which is intended to address that lack.

http://rubygems.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Quick_Introduction


Ruby's what I play with when I'm not mucking with Perl (or ObjC and
Cocoa on the Mac).

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