Agree on most of the points. Just two I disagree on. > Do you really want code that's easy to read and maintain years from now after it's no longer fresh in yo

Agree on most of the points. Just two I disagree on. > Do you really want code that's easy to read and maintain years from now after it's no longer fresh in your mind? In my experience ruby code isn't inherently less readable than python if you know ruby moderately well. Ruby has more syntax but it's standard library is fairly clear and it's easy to look up. > Do you think Perl is a bad thing? I think it's a horrible language and absolutely I love ruby. :) Granted, I learned ruby before I learned perl.