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I see them as pretty much the same. But I use python.
http://learn.onemonth.com/ruby-vs-python

I use ruby, it's really easy, elegant and almost as you're writing english sometimes.

Ruby has perfect object orientation, so if that's what you're used to, go for it.

You should try both and see which syntax you like the most. Personally, I prefer Python

>>53702415
this really. if you have particular tasks that you are looking to do it might pay to look up relevant libraries in each language also.

>>53702019
I like Ruby but Python has far wider adoption which means more opportunity and far larger library, so sadly Python is most likely better for your uses.

Remember that you're in an anime website, choose the japanese one, senpai.

Python. It's 25 years old and still exploding in popularity. Also it's faster, the community is bigger and the syntax is nicer.

>>53702019
while they're arguably as similar as it gets, programming language wise, my opinion is this:

ruby is by far and away the more beautiful language. the syntax looks nicer and is nicer to type, the object orientation model is just clearer, function calls are much more stringent in terms of syntax through the libraries and the pipe thing is just plain beautiful compared to python's equivalent.
still, i use python for more of my projects and literally all my prototyping because there's more packages available and platform independence is just much more nicely handled. and if you want to whip up a quick GUI for something, PyQt really is your friend and is just in general a formidable tool to work with.

so if you're looking into anything that doesn't need a bunch of very particular libraries or doesn't directly need to interface with hardware, by all means go with ruby, especially if you're looking to do web based things. for literally anything else, i'd recommend python.

in direct answer to your questions:
you should learn both.
largely, but python has vastly more packages available to use.
arguably ruby, but that is a matter of taste.

>>53702524
>it's faster
not all of the time
http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/ruby.html
I prefer python though because of the larger community (more information available), and everything is really direct, straight forward, and obvious
ruby seems more like a nicer perl to me though

>>53702019
>Can they achieve the same results?
Yes
>Which one does it more elegantly?
Ruby. Python is a mess. Ruby is consistent in how it handles things and has a cuter syntax.