>: Would it perhaps not be better to use Ruby ?
>
>Not for me, for the following reasons:
>a) I don't know Ruby well enough
Fair enough..
>b) Ruby is "even more" unknown in The Real World(tm) than Python
That is changing rapidly.
>d) I don't see any of the features Ruby has over Python as 'killer'
> features.
Well, it touts itself as the successor to Smalltalk with a dash of
Eiffel's design by contract and a smidgeon of Clu/Sather. However, I
agree that they are not "killer " features.