<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 9:19 AM, leam hall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leamhall@gmail.com" target="_blank">leamhall@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">With Ruby, I can say "It's on the machines, so I can use it".</blockquote></div><br>That's an important bit of information. Under such circumstances my preference is for Python. I just like the language better (truly, I can't stand the sight of Ruby). As for contrived performance, they're pretty much even -- <a href="http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64/ruby.php">http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64/ruby.php</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">One of the things to consider is who else will have to maintain your code? Which languages do they prefer or are proficient with? Around my shop we've had a Ruby guy leave which meant all his stuff died because no one knows the language (or cares to).</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>James Sumners<br><a href="http://james.sumners.info/" target="_blank">http://james.sumners.info/</a> (technical profile)</div><div><a href="http://jrfom.com/" target="_blank">http://jrfom.com/</a> (personal site)</div><div><a href="http://haplo.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">http://haplo.bandcamp.com/</a> (band page)</div></div></div></div></div>
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