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Python is significantly faster than Ruby, and the gap grows when you consider pypy. Also, simple historical reasons -- Python was first to the scene (if you exc
by xaa 14y ago
Python is significantly faster than Ruby, and the gap grows when you consider pypy. Also, simple historical reasons -- Python was first to the scene (if you exclude Perl), so it has more scientific libraries. Ruby seems to be preferred in domains like sysadmin and web apps where there is little emphasis on performance, so performant libraries don't (generally) get developed in Ruby.
- ajdecon 14y ago> Also, simple historical reasons -- Python was first to the scene (if you exclude Perl), so it has more scientific libraries. Don't exclude Perl! :-) In certain scientific subdomains, Perl is still widely used, also for historical reasons...