>Python - Basically the same argument as Ruby, except that in my opinion Python isn't half as good of a language as Ruby.
IMO he kinda missed the main ideological differences, benefits, pros, cons of both ruby and python.
No. He wasn't arguing ideology. He was saying that for his needs, this is how he compares things.
Of course his needs implicitly assume his own ideological biases. Yours may vary. But he's not trying to convince anyone else - merely say what went into his decision.
I was very excited to see a startup using PERL but it's a pity the article fall into a languages war.
The online front-end is awesome. I've never seen anything like it in CPAN, though I've never really looked for intense GUI. This is the first online game I'm motivated to pick at, hoping to see where the perl CGI spins.
Looking up `lacuna', the single example of usage quote:
"self-centered in opinion, with curious lacunae of astounding ignorance"
seems keenly apt for most of us, I myself have over-focused for so long now on emacs, perl, that it would be foolish for me to voice an opinion on other contemporary languages, or my `problem with vi'.