On Sunday, March 23, 2003, at 12:52 PM, Greg McIntyre wrote:

> [snip]

> This is a 30 minute lecture on Ruby, aimed at 3rd year university
> students who have just learnt Python. Feedback welcome.
>
> http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~gregm/secret/ssdi/lectures/
>

> [snip]

These are comments only on the Ruby part (I know nothing about Python):

Slide 3, bullet point 1: Ruby is strongly typed (all objects have a 
type) and dynamically typed (type is determined at run time).

Slide 4, POLS: Ruby syntax is familiar to those who have programmed in 
C, Lisp, Perl (especially as to regular expressions) or SmallTalk, but 
is accessible to those who have never programmed before. The initial 
learning curve for Ruby is very easy for almost anyone first 
encountering the language.

This is another outstanding addition to the resources introducing Ruby 
to new users.