ShoeHorn writes: "Here is a good article (1st of a 4 part series), that introduces you to the Ruby language. If you are currently a programmer coming from the likes of C++, Perl, or Python, you will see some strong similarities (especially to Python)."
That's a real killer argument against a language. The depth of your insight astounds!
Re:Strict languages vs. hacked languages
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geomcbay
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Some people (particularly Linux sysadmins) are too dumb to learn a real language like Smalltalk or C++, and so they need to rely on hack languages like Perl or Python to get things done.
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That's a real killer argument against a language. The depth of your insight astounds!
Some people (particularly Linux sysadmins) are too dumb to learn a real language like Smalltalk or C++, and so they need to rely on hack languages like Perl or Python to get things done.