jp’s domain: Of snakes and rubies; Or why I chose Python over Ruby
Of snakes and rubies; Or why I chose Python over Ruby (jp’s domain)
You look around the web today and Ruby and its offspring Rails are the talk of everyone. You see former Java advocates moving over to Ruby. You see former Python developers checking it out. You see people who have never coded checking it out. On top of this, there is a massive influx of Ruby and Rails (particularly Rails books) flooding the market.
And all of this excitement and hype is for good reason. Ruby is a simple and beautiful language which is easy to learn yet hard to master. It gives power to the pros without being hard on the newbies. For this reason, it’s a great language to pick up. It also has a great mix of imperative and functional qualities, and it has some very nice syntax. Ruby deserves much of the attention it is getting.
