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_csoo on April 1, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ruby Is The Future

Ruby isn't a very good Smalltalk, nor is it a good Lisp.

ansin on April 1, 2009 [–]

It's not a very good Java either but does that really say anything? Java's not a very good Ruby. We can go round in circles.

jrockway on April 1, 2009 | [–]

Smalltalk and Lisp are both well-designed languages, whereas Java's not.

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