Ruby is nicer to read than Python. Here's how each language reverses a string: # Ruby string.reverse() # Python string[::-1] Which looks better? Edit: I'm

Ruby is nicer to read than Python. Here's how each language reverses a string: # Ruby string.reverse() # Python string[::-1] Which looks better? Edit: I'm not sure why this is being down voted. It's a true statement. Edit2: With all the down voting on Hacker News recently, I'm about to quit sharing my knowledge here. Maybe pg will do something about this. It needs to change otherwise good people will stop posting here. Edit3: irb(main):002:0> x = "hacker" irb(main):003:0> puts x.reverse() rekcah >>> x = "hacker" >>> print x[::-1] rekcah