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Nicer syntax? Vastly better standard library? Those seem like subjective statements to me. Can you provide some examples to support those claims?

• deeg 6y ago
  I dunno about a better standard library but I do think Ruby has nicer syntax. You can use back-ticks to run system commands, like: listing = `ls -oh` puts listing puts $?.to_i # Prints status of last system command.
  • nfrmatk 6y ago
    That might just come down to the usual differences between Python and Ruby. A Python programmer would likely appreciate an explicit call to `subprocess.run`. Some equivalent Python 3.7+ would be import subprocess listing = subprocess.run(("ls", "-oh"), capture_output=True, encoding="utf-8") print(listing.stdout) print(listing.returncode) As an experienced Ruby programmer I imagine the code you provided looks like a no-brainer. To a Ruby neophyte the backticks, $? sigil, and .to_i method don't strike me as intuitive (but maybe they would be do someone else). We may just have to disagree about the nicety of syntax. As cle mentioned[1], the strongest criteria is > what would the majority of people on the team prefer to use? and I'd agree that ultimately that's what makes the most sense. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24558989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24558989
    • deeg 6y ago
      The back-ticks and $? are shell standards so I would expect those to be familiar to shell scripters. I agree that if one knows nothing about any of the languages then neither is much better.