One thing that always made me scratch my head and say, "that seems hard" is Perl vs Ruby. I've done a bit of both, but Perl just looks confusing in comparison.

One thing that always made me scratch my head and say, "that seems hard" is Perl vs Ruby. I've done a bit of both, but Perl just looks confusing in comparison. I know Ruby and Perl as supposed to be close, but when I look at your average Perl script, I just get confused instantly. Ruby of course I get. Yet when I try to read Python (which doesn't have a direct heritage), I quickly get what's happening.