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Ruby vs Python

There are many differences and similarities between Ruby and Python programming language.

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Similarities

• They both are high level language.
• They both are server side scripting language.
• Both are used for web applications.
• Both work on multiple platforms.
• Both have clean syntax and are easily readable.
• Both use an interactive prompt called irb.
• Objects are strongly and dynamically typed.
• Both use embedded doc tools.

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Differences

Terms	Ruby	Python
Definition	Ruby is an open source web application programming language.	Python is a high level programming language.
Object Oriented	Fully object oriented programming language.	Not fully object oriented programming language.
Developer	Yukihiro Matsumoto in 1990s.	Guido Van Rossum in 1980s.
Developing Environment	EclipseIDE is supported.	multiple IDEs are supported.
Libraries	It has smaller library than Python.	Has larger range of libraries.
Mixins	Mixins are used.	Mixins can’t be used.
Web frameworks	Ruby on Rails	Django
Community	Mainly focused on web.	Focussed in academia and Linux.
Usage	Apple Github Twitter Groupon Shopify ThemeForest	Google Instagram Mozilla Firefox The Washington post Yahoo Shopzilla
Built-in classes	Built-in classes can be modified	Built-in classes can’t be modified
elseif	elsif	elif
Unset a variable	Once a variable is set you can’t unset it back . It will be present in the symbol table as long as it is in scope.	del statement help you to delete a set variable.
yield keyword	It will execute another function that has been passed as the final argument, then immediately resume.	It returns execution to the scope outside the function’s invocation. External code is responsible for resuming the function.
Anonymous functions	Support blocks, procs and lambdas.	Support only lambdas.
Functions	Doesn’t have functions.	It has functions.
Tuples	It doesn’t support tuples.	It support tuples.
switch/case statement	It support switch/case statement.	It doesn’t support switch/case statement.
lambda function	Its lambda functions are larger.	It support only single line lambda function.
Inheritance	Support single inheritance.	Support multiple inheritance.