> You know, it's crazy that Python
and Ruby fans find themselves
battling so much. While syntax
is different, this exercise
proves how close they are to
each other! And, yes, I like
Ruby's syntax and can think much
better in it, but it would be
nice to share libs with Python
folk and not have to wait forever
for a mythical VM that runs all
possible languages.
In a previous job I was the biggest Ruby supporter on a team of Pythonistas. To show them how similar the language was I translated a couple of their scripts from Python to Ruby... it was surprisingly easy and the linecount was about the same
https://github.com/devyn/unholy/blob/master/README
> You know, it's crazy that Python and Ruby fans find themselves battling so much. While syntax is different, this exercise proves how close they are to each other! And, yes, I like Ruby's syntax and can think much better in it, but it would be nice to share libs with Python folk and not have to wait forever for a mythical VM that runs all possible languages.