Ruby Or Python

sam · Web Design Newbie Joined: Aug 18, 2004 Posts: 38

I dont know if this has been posted before... but.. i wanted to know... if it is worth learning ruby or python first? i mean.. i know some pythong... and i actually never tried ruby yet.. but what are the advantages of me learning ruby?

sensini · Web Design Newbie Joined: Oct 18, 2005 Posts: 10

I was waiting for this question to start a flamewar. How boring

Oh well, here I go: in my opinion, Python is far more useful than Ruby because it's got the libraries, it's got the large developer community, in short - it's USEFUL. The only thing Ruby is used for at the moment is Ruby on Rails.

HOWEVER - I'm not saying that Ruby is crap - far from it ( although I DO get sick of ROR fanboys ), and learning a new language is always a good thing. For that matter, I think both Ruby and Python are very similar in syntax and in design principles, and aren't terribly different at all.