Flash or Ruby?

Which is better for making simple 2D games? I've started learning the Ruby programming language, and so far it's pretty good- easy to use, simple syntax, etc... But is Flash any better?

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I never quite understand 4chan's obsession with dynamic languages.  They have their place, and are useful, but that doesn't mean statically typed languages are horrid.

Quite frankly, for large projects, a statically typed language like C, Java or (gasp) c# will own the equivalent dynamic - both in performance and in maintainability.

For small stuff, the dynamic languages will get you going faster, and be much easier to change as you mess with things.  Good for getting a prototype working really quickly.