Doug Bromley wrote:
> You probably get this question all the time or some version of it. 
> I've been hovering in this mailing list for a time just to get a feel
> for the community.
> I must say I'm pretty impressed.  Its friendly, very active and I've
> learnt a lot.
> 
> However, I'm a Pythonist and I must admit Ruby is still a little
> unusual in its syntax.  Am I missing out?  Should I jump ship?  Has
> anyone else been in my position and taken the  plunge by converting?

no need to bind yourself to one, use both
one will help you to better understand the another

I can remember my first tries with Python
coming from C and C++ it took some mind bending to grasp it
as soon as I became fluent in it I did't used C++ much
though one important thing .. I learned a great deal about C++
as well by learning Python
when I tried Ruby I was used to dynamic in the language so
I didn't took much to learn it (great thanks to irb ;-)

Ruby and Python are indeed similar in many ways
some ideas are better expressed with Python others with Ruby

> I'd be grateful for your input.

don't take it too seriosly
afer all they are just tools :)

my 2 cents

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Daniel