Ruby has a little different mentality (duck typing), for example both of the following work: "10".to_i #=> 10 10.to_i #=> 10 I can see how dynamic typin

Ruby has a little different mentality (duck typing), for example both of the following work: "10".to_i #=> 10 10.to_i #=> 10 I can see how dynamic typing, lack of interfaces, etc. can seem to cause a bunch of confusing to someone who's used to static typing, but in my experience lack of code readability is far more troublesome.