On Wednesday 06 January 2010, barsalou elucidated thus:
> > Ha ha... you can't criticize Perl without getting a plug from a
> > Python programmer. Maybe I'll give Python a try someday, if I am
> > ever able to get over my strictophobia. (Fear of enforced
> > whitespace.)
>
> This is exactly what drove me to Ruby. I was going to struggle
> enough with learning OOP and didn't want to hassle with whitespace
> issues as well.
I was interested in Ruby until I read that it was "Perl-ized LISP."
Then I decided to stay *VERY* far away. :)
j
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