> (...) but Ruby is much more of a "hacker's language" and pushes you to more "lispyness" in spirit and practice! Which, I think, is one of the main reasons wh

> (...) but Ruby is much more of a "hacker's language" and pushes you to more "lispyness" in spirit and practice! Which, I think, is one of the main reasons why Python is recommended more: it's simpler and has less sharp corners. The other thing is that Ruby is significantly slanted towards the object-oriented paradigm while Python remains much more neutral in this regard.