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by quesera
299 days ago
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Exactly! Both Python and Ruby are screwdrivers. In my highly opinionated opinion, the parallels are: - Flat head: Perl. Functional, and revolutionary at the time! But awkward to work with.
- Phillips head: Python. Awesome improvement, much easier to work with. But still annoying in frustrating ways.
- JIS: Ruby. A further refinement that resolves the last annoying 5% of work. (Well, OK, resolves 4 of the last 5%) ... (Also Japanese, coincidentally?)
... and in the real world, when you don't get to choose, you almost always find Phillips/Python. Better is good enough. :) |
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"Ruby is Scheme mated with Perl in such a way that the best genes of both failed to exert a phenotype."