[mikeryan]

For a long time the free online book to learn Ruby was "Why's Poignant Guide To Ruby."

When you compare that to Dive into Python the choice is easy ;-)

[steveklabnik]

I'm really wondering what will finally stop the Ruby vs. Python thing. It's getting old.

[Glide]

A lightsaber duel between Guido and Matz.

Either that or javascript becomes mainstream server side.