[Tfug] Language choices

[Chris Niswander]

At 10:14 AM 10/28/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>I think that as far as programmability Ruby is cooler, but I think that if
>you are talking about "regular people", blocks will be harder to grasp than
>loops (even though blocks are clearly the superior mechanism).   But I think
>that either is a good choice due to the popularity, simplicity, and
>expressive power as well as due to the wealth of documentation on the web.
>I don't want to have a language war, but I think that ruby's mechanism is
>more correct while python's is more obvious to average people.
>
>for node in nodes: print node
>           v.
>nodes.each { }node| puts node }

So, in this context, what do you mean by "more correct"?

I'm not really trying to have a language war either, I'm just
wondering what this ideal correctness thing is, and where it
comes from or how it can be established.

Sincerely,
Chris