I sometimes use Ruby as a Perl replacement, where I'd use Perl as a Bash replacement. Little scripts that invoke shell commands and the like, such as one I made

I sometimes use Ruby as a Perl replacement, where I'd use Perl as a Bash replacement. Little scripts that invoke shell commands and the like, such as one I made to build my website. It's a superior Perl replacement. I wouldn't use it for serious, big software, because it's dynamically typed, and worse, it has a grievously dynamic runtime.