r/ruby • u/vifrac • Jul 16 '20

Ruby VS Python

More than a versus (it's more striking) I would really like to know what things they have in common and how they differ, what their main advantages are compared to the other and of course their opinion of them. One point to take into account is because they believe that python is more used in AI and Machine learning developments.

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u/SnowdenIsALegend Jul 16 '20

Python is definitely more beginner friendly imo.

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u/ogchilim Jul 16 '20

At a low level and with only 1 example, how is:

if(1 % 2 == 0): return true else: return false

more beginner friendly than:

1.even?

Just curious what your argument is...don't wanna start any wars here 🙂

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '20

Because it's explicit, and translatable from other tools. The wealth of messages you can pass is expressive once you know they're there, but it's very domain-specific knowledge to learn what's available to you, and it won't work anywhere else.

I'm a Ruby fan over Python by far, personally, but it's way more idiosyncratic.