Hello, can I do everything with Ruby that would can do with Python? I
mean windows applications and tools that can be written with Python. Why
Python is popular in tools development and Ruby is not, or is it? Why
there is not many books for developing applications with Ruby that is
many with Python? My question is about Ruby but without Ruby on Rails
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The long answer is yes.
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:31 AM, trb5b t. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
Hello, can I do everything with Ruby that would can do with Python? I
mean windows applications and tools that can be written with Python. Why
Python is popular in tools development and Ruby is not, or is it? Why
there is not many books for developing applications with Ruby that is
many with Python? My question is about Ruby but without Ruby on Rails--
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/\.
David Bryant Copeland believes you can "Build Awesome Command-Line
Applications in Ruby". 
[About the GUIs]
IMHO, part of the gui problem is...
When one tries to wirte a GUI app for windows they don't expect much
compatibility with Mac or Linux (most of the time).
But when one tries to write the same app in Ruby (or Python or any
script language) they "magically" expects it to run everywhere.
Most of the toolkits I've had some contact tries to solve that, but
it's a hard work.
So, if you're trying to write a ruby GUI application specific to ONE
platform I bet you will find one toolkit that fits better to your
needs.
I think you can begin your journey here
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ruby_Programming/GUI_Toolkit_Modules
Abinoam Jr.
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Stu <stu@rubyprogrammer.net> wrote:
The long answer is yes.
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:31 AM, trb5b t. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
Hello, can I do everything with Ruby that would can do with Python? I
mean windows applications and tools that can be written with Python. Why
Python is popular in tools development and Ruby is not, or is it? Why
there is not many books for developing applications with Ruby that is
many with Python? My question is about Ruby but without Ruby on Rails--
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/\.
Hello, can I do everything with Ruby that would can do with Python?
Since both are Turing complete you can do the same with them -
theoretically. 
I mean windows applications and tools that can be written with Python. Why
Python is popular in tools development and Ruby is not, or is it? Why
there is not many books for developing applications with Ruby that is
many with Python? My question is about Ruby but without Ruby on Rails
Ruby off Rails. I think Ruby is not so strong on the side of
graphical user interfaces, maybe it's because there are too many
toolkits around. I do not know though how Python compares in that
respect
For command line utilities Ruby is great. AFAIK in Python regular
expressions are no first class citizen (i.e. defined as part of the
language with own syntax) whereas in Ruby they are.
I am sure there is a ton more differences but since I'm not too
familiar with Python I cannot give you more details.
Kind regards
robert
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:31 PM, trb5b t. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
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remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end
http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/
Well played.
On Aug 27, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Stu <stu@rubyprogrammer.net> wrote:
The long answer is yes.