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profsimonlangworth38 The star on his Christmas tree is tracked by NASA
marciesmitham70 Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.
almost 2 years ago •
vincefranecki81 Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually.
almost 2 years ago •
missromankshlerin52 I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I tried to make Ruby perfect for me, but maybe it's not perfect for you. The perfect language for Guido van Rossum is probably Python.
almost 2 years ago •
johnsmith88 From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer.
almost 2 years ago •
chucksawaynret86 It is not the responsibility of the language to force good looking code, but the language should make good looking code possible.
almost 2 years ago •
missromankshlerin52 I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I tried to make Ruby perfect for me, but maybe it's not perfect for you. The perfect language for Guido van Rossum is probably Python.
almost 2 years ago •