I think it has nothing to do with the languages themselves, and more to do with a sort of tipping point around tools, libraries and adoption. Through random cha

I think it has nothing to do with the languages themselves, and more to do with a sort of tipping point around tools, libraries and adoption. Through random chance, I prefer Python simply because people I know use Python so I started to use Python. At the end of the day, there really isn't much inherent that makes Python better than Ruby. Which is exactly why the world would benefit from the eventual dominance of one over the other. Even if it is a randomly driven tipping point process. On the other hand: Ruby vs Java vs C++, each has clear advantages in certain situations. These languages seem less likely to compete with each other.