> and they were so similar that people thought there was only room for one such language in the New World Order. I hear this said a lot, but where does this id

> and they were so similar that people thought there was only room for one such language in the New World Order. I hear this said a lot, but where does this idea come from? Their object models are different, their syntax is different, their goals are different. Admittedly, I haven't written much Python (my experience is mostly reading it), but that's primarily because I preferred Ruby and have never seen what Python brings to the table.