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Why is that? It can easily be proven. I'm not trying to suggest that everyone who uses Ruby is an arrogant child as I even have friends who certainly don't fit
by tdavis 17y ago
Why is that? It can easily be proven. I'm not trying to suggest that everyone who uses Ruby is an arrogant child as I even have friends who certainly don't fit that bill, but when you have an especially abrasive attitude like that within a community, it only takes a minority to sour the majority.
And while it certainly isn't a fault of the language, it definitely influences it usage for some people.
- delano 17y ago... it only takes a minority to sour the majority. That's a decision you make for yourself, not an absolute truth.
- tdavis 17y agoI thought I was rather clear on the fact that I wasn't speaking in absolute truths. My answers reflect my personal opinion of why I (and others like me, in some cases) choose Python over Ruby.
- peskytruth 17y agoUmm....and have you ever spent anytime time in #python? Some are helpful, but there are a choice few who I would describe as arrogant children. In any community of size, you get good seeds and bad seeds. Python is not immune to this.
- pwang 17y agoActually, for a while I was spending quite a bit of time in #python. I didn't come across "arrogant children". Looking at some of the drama and prima donna action in the Rails community (from a distance) just made me sad and grateful that my corner of Python (scientific computing) doesn't have those sorts of issues.