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So is Python.

• Roboprog 10y ago
  Well, if you wanted "Perl, only better", you went with Ruby. Python is good, but it has a different flavor.
• pyre 10y ago
  You read this part: > turned it into a beautiful, easy-to-read language. and got annoyed (presumably?) that Python wasn't mentioned, but you completely ignored: > it took a lot of the underlying philosophies from Perl Ruby is a lot closer to Perl than Python is, which is what the draw would be for people migrating away from Perl.
  • dmerrick 10y ago
    Thanks, this is precisely what I intended.