I prefer Ruby for quick scripting - in my opinion it beats Python in readability (sugarcoating handlers/hiding guts like not needing self littered everywhere),

I prefer Ruby for quick scripting - in my opinion it beats Python in readability (sugarcoating handlers/hiding guts like not needing self littered everywhere), and seems to have more logical consistency in calls (eg: array.append(element) but len(array) in Python vs. array.append(element) and array.length in Ruby, amongst many other things). It's definitely a preference, and Python has a lot of library support that the Ruby community doesn't (yet, hopefully), but grandparent's comment about headaches setting up Python with a simple project are pretty common. Rarely do I encounter a Python project that "just works" - If your setup isn't exactly the same as the repo owner, and often even they don't even know why their setup is the way it is, then there's often a lot of fiddling and package adjustments needed. Not a deal breaker normally, but enough to make it more painful to quickly drop in and start experimenting with.