IMO, you will be equally productive and connected to the community whether you use Ruby or Python. Let a thousand flowers bloom, and all that rot.
-Mike P.S. WHIIIIIIIITESPAAAAAAAAAAAACE On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Joshua Welker <wel...@ucmo.edu> wrote: > Not intending to start a language flame war/holy war here, but in the > library coding community, is there a particular reason to use Ruby over > Python or vice-versa? I am personally comfortable with Python, but I have > noticed that there is a big Ruby following in Code4Lib and similar > communities. Am I going to be able to contribute and work better with the > community if I use Ruby rather than Python? > > I am 100% aware that there is no objective way to answer which of the two > languages is the best. I am interested in the much more narrow question of > which will work better for library-related scripting projects in terms of > the following factors: > > -existing modules that I can re-use that are related to libraries (MARC > tools, XML/RDF tools, modules released by major vendors, etc) > -availability of help from others in the community > -interest/ability of others to re-use my code > > Thanks. > > Josh Welker > Information Technology Librarian > James C. Kirkpatrick Library > University of Central Missouri > Warrensburg, MO 64093 > JCKL 2260 > 660.543.8022 >