2010/3/30 Samuel Williams <space.ship.traveller / gmail.com>:

> Ruby does have many ways to do things. So does Perl. I wonder if this is really a disadvantage?

I'd say this depends on the user.  Some like choices, others are
swamped by choices and can't find /any/ way to do something.

> I guess it potentially makes the language tricky if different ways of doing things have subtly different implications.

Yes, I guess that's true.  Still, often certain idioms emerge and
people use those most of the time so that risk might not be as big in
practice as in theory.

Kind regards

robert


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