I used both Python and Ruby extensively for a while, love both, but Ruby was just nicer to code in. The problem for me was the much smaller ecosystem, especiall

I used both Python and Ruby extensively for a while, love both, but Ruby was just nicer to code in. The problem for me was the much smaller ecosystem, especially for anything numerical/data related. Numpy was, pre Pandas days, the killer library for the type of work I do.