Bruce Eckel of
Thinking in Java fame takes
a second
look at Ruby. This time he has far less harsh words than his
previous look at it (Note that the original post that Eckel made on
Ruby seems to be MIA on his website. I’m a little miffed at that…)
His second time around he seems a little more impressed but I have to agree
with some readers who pointed out that if he bothered to read the
Pickaxe book he would have found a good portion of these features in Ruby.
Although for a counterpoint, I’ve tried reading some comparisons of Python
and Ruby and most of them end up in a ‘mine is bigger’ argument rather than
try to really see what is different. Mr. Eckel has spent some time
summarizing the differences. The reason it’s easier to believe him is
because he is staunch follower of Python.
second look yourself
