[socal-piggies] Proposed next meeting: Thursday July 13th at USC, 7 PM

[Grig Gheorghiu]

I'm with Greg here. I've never seriously looked into Ruby, simply
because I discovered Python, coming from a Perl world, and I fell in
love at first sight.

There may be a more technical reason for choosing Python over Ruby: the
Python standard library, which offers more functionality than Ruby's,
from what I understand. Although here Perl/CPAN is the uncontested
champion I think.

At the end of the day, as Daniel said, it's a question of taste.

Grig

--- Greg Abbas <greg at abbas.org> wrote:

> Thanks Steve.
> 
> Regarding Python versus Ruby, I suppose I owe you an answer if I'm  
> going to be putting snide remarks in my slides :-). To tell the  
> truth, I don't really have an informed opinion on the subject, I just
>  
> like kidding about it. I learned Python before I had ever heard of  
> Ruby, and I've never really had a reason to put in the effort to  
> learn Ruby. Maybe I'm reluctant because Ruby syntax seems a bit  
> cryptic, which reminds me of how much I dislike Perl. But in any  
> case, I guess I like that Python seems to be getting used in a  
> variety of applications (including motion picture visual effects),  
> not just Rails.
> 
> BTW here are the slides I used this evening:
> 
> http://gregabbas.com/socal-piggies/2006-07-13/Slides.html	
> http://gregabbas.com/socal-piggies/2006-07-13/Slides.pdf
> 
> and here are the URLs I mentioned:
> 
> http://www.djangoproject.com/
> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users
> http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers
> http://www.allyourpixel.com/
> 
> -g.
> 
> On Jul 13, 2006, at 11:52 PM, Steve Wedig wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > Thanks for the talks today, I enjoyed them both!
> >
> > I forgot to ask this at the meeting: why is python better than
> ruby?
> > I've read pickaxe and so forth and I like python better, but I'd
> > appreciate learning why you all like python better.
> >
> > Also, here are the keynotes for RailsConf. Martin Fowler's is good,
> he
> > talks about general concepts more than ruby specific. He also
> briefly
> > talks about why he switched from Python to Ruby. It seems to boil
> down
> > to ruby being more similar to smalltalk, his old friend.
> >
> > http://blog.scribestudio.com/pages/rails/
> >
> > - Steve
> >
> > On 7/6/06, Grig Gheorghiu <grig at gheorghiu.net> wrote:
> >> Yes, the agenda is:
> >>
> >> - Daniel Arbuckle: "Erlang for Python programmers";
> >> - Greg Abbas: "Introduction to Django"
> >>
> >> (assuming Greg can make it to the meeting)
> >>
> >> Grig
> >>
> >> --- Bertil Askelid <bertil at Askelid.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>    I'll be there.  Is this the Erlang presentation?
> >>>
> >>>       With Kindest Regards
> >>>
> >>>          Bertil Askelid
> >>>          Anaheim Hills, California
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 08:24:57AM -0700, Grig Gheorghiu wrote:
> >>> <> Let me know if you can make it.
> >>> <>
> >>> <> Grig
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