> Ruby has web development cornered but is decades behind python when it comes to anything around machine learning and scientific computing. The irony of this

> Ruby has web development cornered but is decades behind python when it comes to anything around machine learning and scientific computing. The irony of this is that many folks in the Python scientific computing space pine for better syntax extension facilities so that they could do more "natural" DSLs for data analysis and embedding math inside Python code. The object lesson here is that communities and passionate users matter. Python took root in some scientific computing environments and certain dedicated individuals built up a software library and invested in growing a community that is now a force to be reckoned with. If the same people had all chosen Ruby and built a community around that, there is no obvious reason why Ruby shouldn't be the one with the great scientific libraries.