Ruby is not even funny

At least perl is hilarious. Ruby does not even have the redeeming quality of being funny.

irb(main):003:0> ''.methods.length
=> 176

Ruby's Performance is Astonishing

"Everything you heard about Ruby being slow is not true. It's about twice as slow as that" -- Ex-perl hacker now working with Rails

"Ruby performance tuning really feels like trying to get the best miles per gallon out of a tricycle." -- David R. MacIver

"Ruby performance tuning also feels like trying to bail out the ocean." -- David R. MacIver