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Re:Ask HN: Why Python over Ruby? by tdavis on Wednesday July 01, 2009 @07:19AM (#682426)
Why is that? It can easily be proven. I'm not trying to suggest that everyone who uses Ruby is an arrogant child as I even have friends who certainly don't fit that bill, but when you have an especially abrasive attitude like that within a community, it only takes a minority to sour the majority.

And while it certainly isn't a fault of the language, it definitely influences it usage for some people.

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Re:Ask HN: Why Python over Ruby? by peskytruth on Wednesday July 01, 2009 @09:13AM (#682562)
Umm....and have you ever spent anytime time in #python? Some are helpful, but there are a choice few who I would describe as arrogant children.

In any community of size, you get good seeds and bad seeds. Python is not immune to this.

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Re:Ask HN: Why Python over Ruby? by pwang on Thursday July 02, 2009 @01:50AM (#683939)
Actually, for a while I was spending quite a bit of time in #python. I didn't come across "arrogant children".

Looking at some of the drama and prima donna action in the Rails community (from a distance) just made me sad and grateful that my corner of Python (scientific computing) doesn't have those sorts of issues.

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Re:Ask HN: Why Python over Ruby? by delano on Wednesday July 01, 2009 @08:35AM (#682504)
... it only takes a minority to sour the majority.

That's a decision you make for yourself, not an absolute truth.

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Re:Ask HN: Why Python over Ruby? by tdavis on Wednesday July 01, 2009 @10:13AM (#682655)
I thought I was rather clear on the fact that I wasn't speaking in absolute truths. My answers reflect my personal opinion of why I (and others like me, in some cases) choose Python over Ruby.
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