> As someone who loves Python and doesn't know any Ruby beyond a few bits of syntax and the obvious bits that are common to most languages, what am I missing?

> As someone who loves Python and doesn't know any Ruby beyond a few bits of syntax and the obvious bits that are common to most languages, what am I missing? Nothing. Everyone jokes about turing completeness, but Ruby and Python are pretty much exactly equivalent for their users. Python's got the upper hand in some areas, Ruby in others, but you'll get it done. If Python works for you, use it. I didn't like it, the object model/runtime never felt right[1]. Ruby's did, it's internally consistent. [1] The classic len(str), the underscored methods, recently decorators…