In article <20010822230559.EE0AA3928 / helium.ruby-lang.org>, Ned Konz wrote:
>Python.org links to http://www.mindview.net/Etc/notes.html#Ruby , saying 
>"Bruce Eckel thinks Ruby isn't worth learning...".
>
>Some quotes...
>
>"So far I keep coming to the conclusion that Ruby is just a bad ripoff of 
>Python, just like C# is a bad ripoff of C++ and to some degree Java"

I think it's kind of sad that Python people are now going around making
these sorts of unfounded criticisms of other languages when they
evidently haven't looked hard enough at the the language they're
criticising (in this case Ruby).  It's even sadder that Python.org would
link to the quotes in question.

Back when Python was a relatively unknown language, I decided to learn
it.  At the time I was struck by the friendliness and inclusiveness of
the community.  There didn't seem to be such an attitude of "our
language is the one true way, all other languages are worthless" that
I'd found elsewhere.  And back then Python people were often saddened to
see other language camps making exactly these sorts of criticisms of
Python.  How things change.

I guess my hope is that the Ruby community will continue to be a
friendly and inclusive place well into the future.  

-- 
Mark Hulme-Jones <mjones / frottage.org>