I fought with Python for weeks before I picked up Ruby. It clicked perfectly and I've never had to fight with it.

I don't see how Python can be objectively better than Ruby.

I don't know enough about Lua to comment.

I really love the use of the word "objectively" in your sentence. It's totally irrelevant and has no ground in reality or the realm of logical reasoning. As such, it is in fact quite revealing of your true intent with this comment: riling people up and trolling.

Maybe you should think long and hard about why exactly Ruby (and Apple for that matter) makes you so mad that even though you don't use it or program with it, you have to come here on an article about a new release just to spit some venom even though the language itself doesn't impact your personal life in the slightest.

You're wrong. Do you know Ruby is the breed of so many developers (who has used other languages, too) ?. You should compare Ruby to open source philosophy, it's one of its implementation. Yes, if Ruby was dead, open source is dead too, i believe it !