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IMO, Ruby is a better Python than Python. It's simpler, has a cleaner syntax, and if you want to do funky stuff metaprogramming can allow you to do cool, and sometimes unspeakable things. Python has great library support, and slowness and Rails did make Ruby unpopular for a bit, but I would love to see a Ruby resurgence that wasn't to do with Rails, because it is truly a lovely language to use.
Hell, I would say that in 2023, it's easier/faster to get something set up and working in Rails than it is with frameworks like Symfony, Express, ASP.NET, etc.
There are literally dozens of us.
Ruby feels a lot like writing poetry. Especially with microframeworks like Sinatra.
Python feels more like writing JS/ECMAScript without any punctuation.
Then again I cut my teeth on Actionscript (1 ugh, 2 ooo, and 3 nice—oh the iPhone doesn’t support it…), so my opinion is probably pretty worthless.
I don't know Ruby enough to judge, but I'll have to say, hard disagree on this particular statement for me. JS to me feels like a bastardized C with some functional-inspired syntax tacked on top, while Python feels like writing English.
Optional parens on function calls, implicit returns, curly brace procs with args in vertical bars 🙃
I'd wager that most people haven't used Ruby in anger, so don't really have the comparison. Those that have used it have probably only used it in a Rails context, which IMO is a fairly limited environment to really play with Ruby.
I definitely love the language, but the ecosystem, library support, and some of the companies that jumped on the initial Rails bandwagon can be extremely backwards and resistant to change in tech.