Should I Learn Python or Ruby next?

Jean-Michel Pichavant jeanmichel at sequans.com
Tue Jun 22 05:29:35 EDT 2010


Josef Tupag wrote:
>
> I've been programming (when I do program) mainly in Perl 
> <http://www.perl.org/> for the last 10 years or so. But I've been 
> itching to learn a new language for a while now, and the two near the 
> top of the list are Ruby <http://www.ruby-lang.org/> and Python 
> <http://python.org/>.
>
> I figure that Ruby would be easy to learn because of its similarity to 
> Perl (I'm told). But I also figure that Python would be easy to learn 
> because of its simplicity. And when it comes to webby stuff, I can use 
> Rails <http://www.rubyonrails.org/> with Ruby and Django 
> <http://www.djangoproject.com/> with Python.
>
> I'm currently leaning toward Python and began doing so last week. I 
> started with Mark Pilgrim's excellent Dive Into Python 
> <http://diveintopython.org/> and made it thru the first 3 chapters 
> pretty quickly. So far it feels pretty good.
>
> Before I really dive in, though, I'm curious to hear what others think 
> about the choice between these two languages.
>
> (On a related note, you might also read Tim Bray's On Ruby 
> <http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/07/24/Ruby> post, since 
> he just started learning Ruby.)
>
>
> Josef Tupag - best humidifier <http://thebesthumidifiers.com>
>
>
Hello,

This is a python list, fully dedicated to our dutch semi God. So how can 
you even immagine that someone here will suggest you to go for rub... 
sorry I can't prononce this blasphemous name.

JM





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