up to date books?

[gene tani]

well, it's not easy to find neutral comparisons of ruby and python, but


http://www.ruby-doc.org/RubyEyeForThePythonGuy.html
http://onestepback.org/index.cgi/Tech/Ruby/PythonAndRuby.rdoc
http://www.approximity.com/ruby/Comparison_rb_st_m_java.html
http://reflectivesurface.com/weblog/2004/12/19/why-rails
http://martinfowler.com/bliki/CollectionClosureMethod.html

Also, Hal Fulton's "Ruby Way" book has a good "Python vs. ruby syntax"
appendix, if it's still in print