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 |
