>>6
i don't really think anyone cares about the being from japan thing.
Lots of people learn Ruby because it's Japanese, even if they don't want to admit it. But some Python fags are weeaboos too. Like me.
>>8
You have named two of the worst reasons ever to start learning Ruby and stop using it.
>>10
Coming soon: the year of the Linux desktop, Perl 6, compiled Ruby, PHP 6, Duke Nukem Forever...
>>11
Python is not slow, though its threading implementation kinda sucks (though except for intensive Python-side computing, you won't notice it).