Python on Heroku
You can run python on heroku with a system call from a ruby app. Just run something like:
@output = `echo \"#{variable}\" | python script.py`.
This will let you read standard out from a python script.
@output = `echo \"#{variable}\" | python script.py`.
This will let you read standard out from a python script.
As for using Python, like another poster said it's included in most Linux distros, and Heroku is really just running a Linux distro at the end of the day. I imagine that if you wanted to run a really simple script they wouldn't care, but I wouldn't build my whole app around it, because they can turn it off at any time.