Terms | Ruby | Python |
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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. |