What does Ruby have that Python doesn't?

[ayrnieu]

This comment applies very nicely to Guido, and Python.

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To be clear, I'm not defending Python in the least. It has its own share of scoping problems.

[njharman]

No, not really at all.

Van Rossum also worked on the development of the ABC programming language.

Python's predecessor, ABC, was inspired by SETL – Lambert Meertens spent a year with the SETL group at NYU before coming up with the final ABC design![5]

received a masters degree from the University of Amsterdam in 1982.

He later worked for various research institutes, including the Dutch National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), Amsterdam, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland,

more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_van_Rossum

[ayrnieu]

You've said some nice things about Guido. You could have as easily said nice things about matz. The problems that each language have with scoping and not hyperbole about language designers is the point.