7stud -- wrote:
> I would choose python.
> 
> 1)
>>a clean (probably one of the cleanest) object oriented design, example:
> <snip>
> 
> Convert the number 12 to a string:
> 
> ruby: my_str = 12.to_s
> 
> python: my_str = str(12)
> 
> I have a hard time understanding how either method has an advantage over 
> the other.  It's totally irrelevant in my opinion.  Personally, I think 
> using a number to call a method looks ugly.  But I can adapt pretty 
> easily.

if viewed as "hey number 12, i give you a message, and the message is 
'tell me what you are in a string format', and the number 12 tells you", 
that's be kind of cool.

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