[LBo] Ruby or Python

[Andrés González Cantú]

On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 15:49 -0700, Jackson Robertson wrote:
> To the group,
> 
> A while back, last fall to be precise, I took a class on C++. I found
> this class to be a little under taught, the professor had trouble
> explaining some concepts, namely arrays. Since taking this class I have
> hardly even looked at programming as it just seemed out of my grasp.
> Though I really would like to be more proficient in my computer skills
> and have been thinking of getting into programming. Right now I am
> really interested in just two languages, ruby and python. My question
> is which would be better for a computer literate and someone who has a
> little knowledge of programming? Or would anybody suggest another
> language instead? Thanks for the feed back.
> 
> Jackson

Dear friend,

Ruby is great but IMHO maybe you should try Python first, after all,
it's a matter of tastes, learn both! See the next links:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3882

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9368

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/

http://www.python.org/

Regards.

-- 
Andrés González Cantú
agc at member.fsf.org