Edward Wilson wrote:
> 
>...
> 
> I strongly believe that this very element will propel Ruby past
> languages like Python, which although is a great language, remains
> useless for most practical development tasks.  This is a perfect
> compliment to Ruby.

For those that know neither Python nor Edward Wilson, I feel some
context would be useful. 

Mr. Wilson believes that Java is also useless for "serious development
of any kind." If you know how prevalent Java is in the business world
(or how many large, successful database-oriented projects have been done
in Python) then you'll have a sense of how high the "usefulness" bar is
for Mr. Wilson. If Ruby happens not to measure up to this exacting
standard, I would encourage you not to take it personally...but watch
for him slamming Ruby in some other newsgroup.
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