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Python v. Ruby. The eternal question. The languages might not be different, but the communities definitely are.

This just convinced me I need to switch my efforts from Ruby to Python.

SciPy, OpenCV bindings, PyML, et al. I've worked more with Ruby than Python (and like the language itself better), but there's no question Python has the more momentum in this space.

Agreed, I think Ruby > Python, both in syntax and semantics. It's a shame I'm going to have to learn such a close language to take advantage of Python's momentum.

You get the natural language toolkit also.

Very true. I bought the O'Reilly book on it last month and plan to start on that today. That library is full of linguistic goodness.

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