What's better about Ruby than Python?

[Graham Fawcett]

Brandon J. Van Every wrote:

>What's better about Ruby than Python?  I'm sure there's something.  
>
Of course there is.

>What is
>it?
>  
>

You're never going to get an answer to this question that satisfies you. 
Even if everyone chips in and describes their favourite features, those 
features may be worthless to you personally. So why bother asking?

Try the languages out yourself, both of them; program a non-trivial 
application in both languages. See how each feels to you, and which 
better suits your development style.

Determine which language has, in your opinion, better support via 
documentation and community.

Then come back to the list and tell us which is the better language. ;-)

>This is not a troll.  I'm language shopping and I want people's answers.  I
>don't know beans about Ruby or have any preconceived ideas about it.  
>

Exactly: so don't ask for others' ideas. Since you haven't used Ruby 
yet, their ideas will simply give you preconceived ideas. What you need 
are postconceived ideas; harder to gain, but infinitely more valuable.

-- Graham