Can I quote zach's 15 year old comment on Python vs Ruby? Maybe it will have some relevant insights: > Ruby has clever syntax. Python has pure syntax. > Ruby

Can I quote zach's 15 year old comment on Python vs Ruby? Maybe it will have some relevant insights: > Ruby has clever syntax. Python has pure syntax. > Ruby has method aliases. Python does not allow a string to capitalize itself. > Ruby uses Ruby methods within Ruby classes to extend Ruby. Python has decorators so you can write functions that return functions that return functions to create a new function. > Ruby has strict object-oriented encapsulation. Python is laid-back about objects, because you probably know what's going on inside them anyway. > Ruby lets you leave off parentheses so you don't miss objects having attributes too much. Python will let you mix tabs and spaces for indentation, but passive-aggressively mess up your scoping as punishment. > Ruby has seven kinds of closures. Python has one, in the unlikely case a list comprehension won't do. > Ruby's C implementation is a mess of support for language-level flexibility. Python's C implementation is so clean you get the unsettling thought that you could probably write Python using C macros. > Ruby supports metaprogramming for cases when programmers find it more descriptive. Python supports metaprogramming for cases when programmers find it necessary. > Ruby is expressive. Python is direct. > Ruby is English. Python is Esperanto. > Ruby is verse. Python is prose. > Ruby is beautiful. Python is useful. > I like Python, but coming to it after using Ruby for seven years, well, I think it's like dog people and cat people. You can like having one species around, but you're always thinking -- why they can't be more like the other? -- This is one of my favorite HN comments of all time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=682364 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=682364