print word
where does "word" come from?
Anyway, this setup is in no way different to ruby's super
super("foo") super("bar")
I really fail to see the point here. What is different? I simply do not see what the python example shows "a bit more clearly" here. I dont even get where "word" comes from.
Besides, "monkeypatching" is a deragotary term invented by pythonistas who do not understand Ruby or think that by adding complexity you can feel "meta" programming so clearly. In my opinion the metaprogramming demanding people are wanking hippos that continually feel a need to add needless and useless complexity on top of problems and in situations where there simply should not be any of that.
Both ruby and python are way to complicated. Can you believe this? At the same time, both are a LOT more elegant than languages like perl or php. Perl 6 still has not managed to get rid of the useless ; at line ends. They managed to eliminate () around if's.
Wow. I am soooo impressed. In 100 more years Perl 7 will be THE best language arrr!!!
But it is a shame that there are not more good languagesl ike ruby or python, because in fact there simply are not that many good languages existing anyway. It takes so much effort to grow a language....
And yes - both ruby and python are very good languages. The fact that there are idiots using the language who have a loud mouth badmouthing either of these two decent languages is annoying, but one can not do much about it.
For everyone else I recommend reading the "why it does not matter" blog. It really summarizes a lot of why ruby and python fill a very similar ecosystem, behaving like rivals who continually try to point out how incredibly stupid the other language is.
Grow up. Use what you prefer, and end this stupid war.