I came to Ruby from a different direction, working on Puppet/Chef and VMware/NSX, but I came to a similar conclusion. I'd always assumed the reason I liked it s

I came to Ruby from a different direction, working on Puppet/Chef and VMware/NSX, but I came to a similar conclusion. I'd always assumed the reason I liked it so much was because I wasn't a programmer. The language operates generally as expected (to someone without a real coding background) as well as being so much more flexible and powerful than the other options available. Since then I've done a little rails work, learned enough Python to be moderately useful, and stumbled through a few other languages. I still try to be impartial, and to use the best tool for the job, but it's always a joy when I find a chance to use Ruby again.