[ale] Ruby vs C, a non-technical chat

[James Sumners]

On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 9:19 AM, leam hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:

> With Ruby, I can say "It's on the machines, so I can use it".


That's an important bit of information. Under such circumstances my
preference is for Python. I just like the language better (truly, I can't
stand the sight of Ruby). As for contrived performance, they're pretty much
even -- http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64/ruby.php

One of the things to consider is who else will have to maintain your code?
Which languages do they prefer or are proficient with? Around my shop we've
had a Ruby guy leave which meant all his stuff died because no one knows
the language (or cares to).


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