[ThePythonicCow]

I've just spent a few minutes looking at Ruby -- I've been quite happy with Python. I'm not comfortable with Perl like syntax, I'm not an object purist, and for my work, I need languages that are fairly mature and widely distributed (installed by default). See further How Does Ruby Compare With Python?.

[ConsistentLibertarian]

I've never been intersted in Perl. Are you turned off by Ruby's @@ prefix for class variables and such? That's not a feature I particularly like either. When it comes to syntax though I feel spoiled by Objective-C and Smalltalk -- I like the messaging syntax with named parameters, ie [foo doBarWith: blee andNotify: blah]. Python has a lot going for it. There's no Ruby equivalent for Zope, for example.

[ConsistentLibertarian]

Not trying to write english to make it look like Perl. Im on an old Unix system right now and the browser is non-standard and flakey.