I don't see too much different in Ruby, either. I haven't really been exposed to Python, so I don't really know why people use it so much. Most people I have

I don't see too much different in Ruby, either. I haven't really been exposed to Python, so I don't really know why people use it so much. Most people I have encountered who have chosen a language have done it in a seemingly arbitrary fashion, so no, I don't believe either of your statements. I used to not like Perl because of having to touch other people's "ascii puke", but I've gotten past that and still think of it as the best language for manipulating text that I've used. YMMV