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Comment on Why choose Python? by aidan

aidan — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:27:08 +0000

Hey Steve,

I’d say the two main reasons to choose Python over Ruby (and this coming from an ex-Ruby guy) are readability and community.

Ruby has many ways to implement the same thing, and this means that Ruby written by Joe in San Francisco can look very different to Ruby written by Hiro in Japan (and often does). While this might not seem like a huge barrier, it makes it much harder for the novitiate to understand someone else’s code, particularly the inner workings of a Ruby library. I like that Python has really only one acceptable way for pretty much every code structure, making it much less likely for source code to have an “accent”.

I’m not sure if it’s a result of this readability (the two seem related in my mind), but I’ve found the Python community to be more helpful than the Ruby one. When asking a newbie question, I get links and answers as opposed to being ignored or told to RTFM with Ruby questions.

Having said all that, if you know Ruby, sticking with Ruby is no bad thing. Same for PHP. These languages all have their advantages over Python. I just think Python takes it by a nose for a general purpose dynamic language.

Comment on Why choose Python? by Steve

Steve — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:54:57 +0000

Any reason in particular for choosing Python over Ruby?

Comment on Razor’s Edge MUD by Anony Mouse

Anony Mouse — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:34:30 +0000

John was not the original coder, but he took the standard code for Circle Mud and gradually made changes to it.

It first ran surreptiously on a workstation in the Architecture department building.

Comment on Razor’s Edge MUD by aidan

aidan — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:23:57 +0000

Yeah, I got it more or less working. I didn’t put it up anywhere because I was told it was still running somewhere else … ?

Comment on Razor’s Edge MUD by Chris

Chris — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:51:06 +0000

Any luck? — Kam

Comment on syntax error before ‘AT_NAME’ token by litebeam

litebeam — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:16:58 +0000

Still, building in Simulator 3.0 with this error and building in Simulator 3.1 without, makes me think there is a bug in the 3.0 API in my case

Comment on Mail, iCal, Snow Leopard and Exchange by Chris D

Chris D — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:43:23 +0000

You just said an MS app is better?! Root cause analysis time……maybe you should go to a clinic, you must have H1N1

Seriously though, good write up.

Comment on Mail, iCal, Snow Leopard and Exchange by aidan

aidan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:47:13 +0000

Hah, just realized I didn’t state what I liked about iCal. Mostly I like that it’s not Entourage – it feels more Apple-like, but not Apple-like enough, and still dysfunctional.

Comment on Sideburns by aidan

aidan — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:31:35 +0000

Meh. They’re just getting started, and I may get rid of them. My wife’s birthday is Sep 25, so may grow them after that.

Comment on Sideburns by Steven Wilkin

Steven Wilkin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:06:14 +0000

Pictures!