Funny that you say that, I was recently saying that to myself regarding Python and it losing out to Ruby in a lot of instances (Passenger is awesome, kinda works with Python, or Heroku (yes, there are a few out there coming up, but they are still a ways behind)).
Ultimately I wish Ruby and Python would have sex and their offspring be compatible with both so that I can use the best of both worlds ;-)
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