> I am going to write an article to a software magazine titled "Ruby as an > alternative to Perl". There are some obvious advantages of Ruby over > Perl: the 1st thoughts that spring to my mind pro: - Ruby code is easier to read. Readability facilitates communication. (more elegant) - friendly community; Perl has become too big. contra: - RAA has a long way to go before it becomes CPAN - more people know Perl links: - http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?RubyVsPerl - have a look at Perl6