Ruby performance has improved a lot in the last few years, especially with the introduction of the JIT (YJIT), and it keeps improving with every new release. I

Ruby performance has improved a lot in the last few years, especially with the introduction of the JIT (YJIT), and it keeps improving with every new release. I think the notion of Python being the faster of the two may be outdated. You can see some comparisons in the Benchmarks Game [1] (ignore the reference to PHP and Erlang in the URL, seems to be a typo by the website's maintainer, although my link will break if they fix it). Also I think the convention over configuration mantra belongs in the Ruby on Rails world rather than Ruby itself. Ruby as a language is far less opinionated about how you do things, especially for small shell scripts. 1: https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/fastest/php-erlang.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...