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Coding with Ruby and Python: Head to Head

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You have heard of coding languages like Python and Ruby, and you may wonder what the difference is between the two. At a high level, anything you can do with one language you can do with another language. It is like the difference between using a Toyota Prius or a Honda Accord to drive from New York to Boston — both cars will get you from point A to point B but some of the controls will be in different places.

The following is a head to head matchup between Ruby and Python to help you see how the two languages compare to one another.

	Ruby	Python
Year invented	1995	1991
Inventor	Yukihiro Matsumoto	Guido van Rossum
Example sites	SoundCloud Yammer Bloomberg	Quora Spotify Dropbox
Purpose	Help programmers be productive, enjoy programming, and be happy	Improve readability and consistency of code
Ease for beginners	Medium	Easy
Popular with	Startups and others rapidly prototyping and creating websites	Data heavy applications like those used by financial institutions and scientists
Available jobs on Indeed. com in NY	1,500	3,200

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