Putting aside the fact that this is about ruby vs other languages, not rails vs other frameworks, I cannot help but feel like ruby optimizes for fitting code on

Putting aside the fact that this is about ruby vs other languages, not rails vs other frameworks, I cannot help but feel like ruby optimizes for fitting code onto slide decks rather than other human concerns (like, unambiguous communication of semantics at a glance). I certainly have written a great deal of ruby and have no strong opinions about the language aside from "I will shoot the next person who uses method_missing", but I find the people who do have strong attraction to the language endlessly fascinating. By far, the most human aspect of the language is the community built around it.