On Sun, 2007-09-30 at 17:27 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I know nothing of Ruby, but just the fact that in Ruby the Hello World > program is > > puts 'Hello, World!' > > whereas the Python Hello World program is > > print 'Hello, World!' > > suggests to me that Python is more intuitive because the word "print" > has a meaning in English that makes sense given what you want to do, > but "puts" just doesn't. And, as someone who has been learning Python > from almost no knowledge of programming, I've found it is not too bad > in trying to keep as reasonably close to a natural language like > English > as possible. > > I also think the mandatory indenting of Python is helpful in forcing > new programmers to be neat and see code blocks quickly. Plus I doubt > the Ruby community has such a large group of helpful people and > libraries > and such (but I could be wrong about that, just assuming it based on > the > fact that Python has been around longer). > > On the other hand, perhaps because Ruby is newer it has been able to > freshly start with advantages learned from the difficulties of other > languages. Byung-Hee Hwang ought to go the Ruby group and see what > they are saying. > > As far as English goes, Byung-Hee, you have to admit English grammar > is easy (though spelling is not so easy). That anyone can speak and > write Chinese is impressive to me, as the language looks completely > impossible! Good luck! > I read above your comments all. It will be good reason for my decision must be Python. Anyway, your guidance has been useful and is greatly appreciated. Okay, I will study English very hardly, as well. Thanks, again!
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