I was planning to learn a new "lightweight" language for "fun and profit" and came across python and ruby. I first started to learn ruby, then python... forgot about ruby... and now remembered of it ...

Picking the right programming language can overwhelm some developers, given the sheer number of factors to consider. Python and Ruby both sit high on developers' lists, mainly because of their ease of ...

Okay, something finally snapped and it's time to give up Perl and learn a better scripting language. The two that I have under consideration are Ruby and Python although other suggestions are welcome.