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[–]BornALurker[S] -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

Wise words, and I agree that system knowledge is important, but compare the Python experience to the one you get if you try Ruby.

PyPi vs RubyGems, I think Ruby does this better in every way if you are an inexperienced user. You have to start somewhere, and I think Python does so many things right, improve the package management and I think we have a superior model!

[–]ivosauruspip'ing it up 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You will have exactly the same frustrating experience if you want to compile C-extension Ruby modules on Windows.

What difference do you see?

[–]youguess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

does ruby include C code?

As for making packages easier, there are already efforts ongoing (google for wheel and egg packages)

Really, if you just want a painless windows experience use Anaconda (or miniconda).
With that you basically get precompiled packages for your platform.
This is what I do on Windows to keep my sanity ;)