No the opposite is true - Python does not come preinstalled, but Ruby does. chrisseaton@Chriss-MacBook-Pro ~ % python --version zsh: command not found:

No the opposite is true - Python does not come preinstalled, but Ruby does. chrisseaton@Chriss-MacBook-Pro ~ % python --version zsh: command not found: python chrisseaton@Chriss-MacBook-Pro ~ % ruby --version ruby 2.6.8p205 (2021-07-07 revision 67951) [universal.arm64e-darwin21]