Please advise on Ruby vs Python, for someone who likes LISP a lot

Question

I am a C++ developer, slowly getting into web development. I like LISP a lot but don\'t like AllegroCL and web-frameworks available for LISP. I am looking for more freedom and a

Answer 1

I'm a Rubyist who chose the language based on very similar criteria. Python is a good language and I enjoy working with it too, but I think Ruby is somewhat more Lispy in the degree of freedom it gives to the programmer. Python seems to impose its opinions a little bit more (which can be a good thing, but isn't according to our criteria here).

Python certainly isn't more Perlish— Ruby is essentially a Smalltalk/Perl mashup (some of its less-used features are pulled directly from Perl), whereas Python is only distantly related to either.