[imauld]

IMO Ruby and Python are two sides of the same coin. They have their differences but whatever you can do in one you can usually do in the other. I'm a Python programmer myself and I find the "magic" of Ruby code I've seen slightly unsettling at times, explicit is better than implicit after all ;-).

One of the main disadvantages to Ruby, based off my limited knowledge of Ruby, is that if you are making a web app with Ruby you are making a Rails app. With Python Django is probably the most popular but it's far form the only one (Flask, Bottle, Falcon, Web2Py, CherryPy, Pyramid, Zope, etc.).

If you are interested in learning another language I would suggest Go. The syntax is easy to pick up if you are a Python dev and it can do a lot of really cool things with a pretty small amount of code.

DISCLAIMER: I have only done the most basic of Ruby tutorials but none of them have inspired me to learn more.I also hate ``end``.