Chang Sau Sheong: Ruby has an elegant form to it that is simply a pleasure to program in. A simple example of this is the way Ruby treats everything as objects, manifested by beautiful statements such as:

 5.times do |i|
   puts “This is loop #{i}”
 end

which is hard not to understand.

I had not heard of Chang before, but it’s a pleasure to read about this Rubyist from Singapore. PuneRuby is a blog covering Ruby+Railsish activities in Pune, India. One of its authors, Satish Talim has broadened his coverage to capture a slew of very nice interviews with some lesser-known but highly intriguing folks. It’s great, really, just great.

Fredrik Lundh: I must admit that I find all the guidology in the wake of the rumoured “I like Django” BDFL announcement rather amusing. has the python community always looked this silly from the outside?

Well, you know, Fredrik—haven’t we all looked that silly from the outside? (I guess that’s the nice feeling you get in hoodwink.d: There is no outside.)