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Python vs. Ruby: A Battle to The Death

At Northwest Python Day 2010 on January 30th, I gave two talks; this is the second, which was the last talk of the day. I tuned it to its audience and time slot, making it biased toward an audience that already knows Python, as well as being lighter than originally intended. I still quite like the result. During my talk, I mention Ruby.rewrite(Ruby), a talk by Reg Braithwithe. I recommend it. It also happens to contain my favorite quote from any talk, ever, which I will not repeat here. Yo... View More
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Rippin' off Python

Every Rubyist knows Python sucks. It doesn't have blocks, whitespace matters, and Django is just a cheap Rails knock off. But you can't argue with the language's popularity. Maybe there's something to it? This talk is about Python and what we, as Rubyists, can learn from it. (Hint: a lot)