Python vs Ruby holy war thread

Last week I learned Python. It's not perfect but it's pretty damn cool.
This week I'm starting on Ruby. I've just encountered blocks and I would approve if someone would answer this: are blocks merely an ugly kludge because the author did not know about lambda expressions, or can they do something lambdas can't?

Seriously, you can store blocks in variables and give multiple blocks to a function. There is no real difference with lambda functions in functionnal programming, I guess the creator just wanted to be original or try a different syntax.

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lambda, procs and Blocks are the same thing in Ruby!