[Tutor] Re: Python vs. Ruby

[Todd Stephens]

On Wednesday 29 October 2003 07:07 pm, Andrei wrote:
>  Nevertheless, Ruby does seem like a nice language and if Python
> wasn't around, I'd probably hang around on the ruby-tutor list now
> (oh, wait, that doesn't exist :)).

Without a doubt, Python has the strongest community of any language I 
have seen.  Sure, others like Lisp have ardent supporters, but even 
that community is fractured (and not nearly as supportive of 
beginners).  

While community is obviously no reason to choose a programming language 
to use for a particular project, I think it is a big factor in bringing 
in new people to the language (and subsequently increasing usage of the 
language all over the world).

-- 
Todd Stephens
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, 
while bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato