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Ruby’s syntax is definitely more complex than Python’s (which until recently was LL(1)), but it wouldn’t surprise me if Ruby as a whole was a simpler language. For example, Ruby’s object model is much simpler and more elegant than Python’s.



Ruby is hell to implement. To quote Matz:

> Ruby is simple in appearance, but is very complex inside, just like our human body




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