Re: [OT] Python vs Ruby

2005-10-25 Thread bruno modulix
Scott David Daniels wrote: > bruno modulix wrote: > >> Scott David Daniels wrote: >> >>> bruno modulix wrote: >>> ... Another language that failed to make it to the mainstream but is worth giving a try is Smalltalk - the father of OOPLs (Simula being the GrandFather). >>> >>> I wou

Re: [OT] Python vs Ruby

2005-10-24 Thread Neil Hodgson
Scott David Daniels: > Sorry, I was being too cute by half. If Simula is the fore father > (4 away) then Smalltalk is half as far (2) away. Hence the "toofather." > "Toofather" by analogy with the homophones "fore" and "four" we use the > homophones "two" and "too". We could smear the homop

Re: [OT] Python vs Ruby

2005-10-24 Thread Scott David Daniels
bruno modulix wrote: > Scott David Daniels wrote: >>bruno modulix wrote: >>>... Another language that failed to make it to the mainstream but is >>>worth giving a try is Smalltalk - the father of OOPLs (Simula being the >>>GrandFather). >>I would say Simula is the forefather of modern OOPLs, and S

Re: [OT] Python vs Ruby

2005-10-24 Thread bruno modulix
Scott David Daniels wrote: > bruno modulix wrote: > >> ... Another language that failed to make it to the mainstream but is >> worth giving a try is Smalltalk - the father of OOPLs (Simula being the >> GrandFather). > > I would say Simula is the forefather of modern OOPLs, and Smalltalk is > the