Comparison between Python and "Ruby"

[Paul Prescod]

Neel Krishnaswami wrote:
> 
> Python (and Ruby, for that matter) remind me more of Smalltalk than
> anything else -- ie, they have extensive libraries, a community with a
> love of elegance but not of purity[*], and a greater focus on practical
> applications than on academic research.

Isn't the Smalltalk community pretty enamored of purity? I mean "if" is
an object that takes messages, right?

 Paul Prescod