[fny]

I'm going to emphasize this as well. Everything is an object, and everything called on an object is a method. Full stop.

Unlike with other languages, there is no ambiguity here.

In python, you don't know when you dir() an object whether your dealing with a property or method. In Ruby, you are guaranteed it's always a method. A perk is that you don't need parens.

[ek750]

Exactly. Once you get some basics of Ruby, there is no ambiguity, and I find it quite elegant.

And I think I’m in the minority here, but I prefer the cleanliness of optional punctuation.

That feature also allows for fluent DSLs (which seem to be falling out of favor for various reasons), but is one of the reasons I still love Ruby.

To look at the other side, I hate having to constantly add semicolons and parens in other languages. Makes my poor fingers hurt even more than they usually do.