Ruby is a nicer language for general scripting, ie “better bash,” as that’s what it was originally designed for. It’s also a bit faster, and has a vastly better

Ruby is a nicer language for general scripting, ie “better bash,” as that’s what it was originally designed for. It’s also a bit faster, and has a vastly better / simpler package management system. Python does have great scientific / math libraries, and is worth knowing. One nice thing is the two languages are so similar that it’s pretty easy to switch between them and use whichever fits the bill.