I think for someone with a basic knowledge of both languages, the Ruby version is more understandable than the Python. It's a combination of basic Ruby features

I think for someone with a basic knowledge of both languages, the Ruby version is more understandable than the Python. It's a combination of basic Ruby features, whereas Python's `match` statement is much more obscure - it isn't really Python at all, it's "a DSL contrived to look like Python [...] but with very different semantics" [0]. I don't particularly love the Ruby code either, though - I think the ideal implementation would be something like: fn stringify(item) => item.is_a(Interpolation) then item.value.convert(item.conversion).format(item.format_spec) else item.to_string() fn f(template) => template.map(stringify).join() [0] https://discuss.python.org/t/gauging-sentiment-on-pattern-matching/5770/21 https://discuss.python.org/t/gauging-sentiment-on-pattern-ma...