Why Ruby Is More Readable Than Python

Re:Why Ruby Is More Readable Than Python by mikkergp on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @08:02PM (#32159589)

I get this, and I've started to write this way, because it gets a better response; but it feels to me like it's designed to maximize an emotional response and not a cognitive response, and find I have less trust in people who write this way (Which is most things, i get)

I do wonder how this style of writing has impacted the psychology of argument, I imagine there are others who read this style of writing and assume it is written in stone or as an objective statement, and not a subjective one. This may just be human nature.

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Re:Why Ruby Is More Readable Than Python by arcticfox on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @08:38PM (#32159833)

I have to say I appreciated but also laughed at the sheer number of the qualifiers you're discussing in your post... "it feels to me", "I find I", "I do wonder", "I imagine", "this may"

I find it makes for less combative discussions. So I like it.

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Re:Why Ruby Is More Readable Than Python by klodolph on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @09:32PM (#32160240)

I'd say that these qualifiers are much more useful in informal communication, like HN, and inappropriate for long-form stuff like essays. Essays are longer, more coherent, and denser.

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Re:Why Ruby Is More Readable Than Python by mikkergp on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:08AM (#32166002)

I think it’s more distasteful in the modern clickbait blog world then more intellectual and well thought out books/essays/etc, where your perspective is not designed for a purely emotional response.

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Re:Why Ruby Is More Readable Than Python by mikkergp on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:07AM (#32165990)

“Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like uh, your opinion, man.”

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