Ben Giddings wrote:
> Guys, please don't respond to stuff like this: note where it was posted:
> 
> Newsgroups: 
> comp.lang.php,comp.lang.perl,comp.lang.python,comp.lang.java,comp.lang.ruby
> 
> If someone has a serious question, they shouldn't be cross-posting to 5 
> newsgroups.  My guess is that it is spam-marketing.

Right. I failed to notice it was crossposted.

FWIW, I do think it's acceptable to compare Ruby with other languages
in a constructive way. As long as it's related to Ruby in that sense,
it's not off-topic. Though it may still be a troll. :)

But crossposting is a red flag.

Hal