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That's exactly what I mean. People feel very strongly for one or the other. Yet, even you, can't deny that they are very similar! Compare them to Java, Lisp, C,
by AlexanderDhoore 14y ago
That's exactly what I mean. People feel very strongly for one or the other. Yet, even you, can't deny that they are very similar! Compare them to Java, Lisp, C, Go, Haskell, Perl,...
- __david__ 14y agoActually, I'd lump Perl in with Python, Ruby, and Javascript. They're all at about the same "power level" and have more or less the same built-in types and language features. They all have their own personality but if you only know 1 of the 4 you're still perfectly capable of writing any program that will be more or less equivalent to someone writing the same thing in one of the other 3.
- erikpukinskis 14y agoThis thread is full of people saying "I use (python|ruby) and (ruby|python) seems fine. There's just no reason to learn it" and you respond excitedly to this comment as if it's representative. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
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- AlexanderDhoore 14y agoThe above comment happened to be one of the first responses. The others came later. That's why.
- gruseom 14y agoPeople feel very strongly for one or the other. Yet [you] can't deny that they are very similar It's their very similarity that gives rise to the strong feeling. René Girard's theory of mimetic rivalry sheds light on this. Edit: Alternatively, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences