Interesting blog post from a Pythonista on "Linguistic Simplicity," and 
why Ruby fails to pass muster.

http://toulouse.amber.org/archives/2003/08/21/linguistic_simplicity.html

And, please, this is not an invitation to a flame war or general 
grousing.  Read it to see how others perceive Ruby.  If you think the 
author has misrepresented something, post a polite comment to his blog.

(And if you think the preceding comments were obvious, then my apologies.)

James