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I chose python over ruby eons ago because, for whatever reason, ruby reminded me of perl (not a good thing). Something about the syntax turned me off. Rust has

I chose python over ruby eons ago because, for whatever reason, ruby reminded me of perl (not a good thing). Something about the syntax turned me off. Rust has similar problems for me.

cutler 4y ago
For me the continuity with Perl was the main attraction.
ericb 4y ago
That's a surprise for me. I find Perl pretty unreadable, but sometimes I have to squint to tell Ruby from Python--and I code in both!