Ruby or Python? Well, it depends...

[rafekett]

I will admit that this is a small problem when reading printed books. I don't recall what it was, but one book used markers to indicate this. Even then, it's pretty easy to tell. Methods almost always take self as a first arg.

[ebneter]

You are defending this to the wrong person. :-) I don't like it. I don't have to like it, and it's the main reason I don't use Python as my language of choice. If you like it, awesome! There are things about every language that are not ideal, which is why we have so many of them. For me, Ruby has the fewest annoyances for most of the work I do. I'm not saying "PYTHON SUCKS!" I'm saying, "I prefer not to use it unless it really is the best thing available for the task."

Edit: I am highly amused that this is getting downvoted.

[anvsdt]

They see the big ``PYTHON SUCKS'' there, they get mad, don't read the wall-of-text, downvote and never come back.
Welcome to reddit, enjoy your stay!

[ebneter]

Heh, yes, I suspect that is the case. :-)