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> On a side note:
> http://www.python.org/doc/Comparisons.html#ruby
> 
> As of this date, Eckels', "evaluation" is the only comparison to Ruby
> on Pythons homepage.  Why don't more step up to the plate?  I also saw
> that Matz had to remove the language comparisons link from
> www.ruby-lang.org.  Hit a nerve?  ;-).

I'm very interested in language comparisons, but as the Eckel page and the
recent Slashdot posting show, such comparisons often turn into flame wars.

The progress of Ruby has little to gain from pissing matches; intellectual
curiosity will draw people in, and the quality of the language will be
the ultimate persuader.  IMO matz was right in taking the language comparison
down.  It hit a nerve (though not with matz), and it seems that anything
that says "Ruby is better" on a Ruby site will strike many people as boasting,
or an invitation to a fight.

Ultimately this is a shame because it makes it that much harder to talk
about these things.


James