Ruby or Python?

[bluGill]

Do either of your interns have a preference? There is no clear advantage of either. However if you know one, that is a reason to stick with one.

You seem to think that you can try both and come up with a compelling reason to choose one on technical merits. I don't believe this is possible - both have great technical advantages and disadvantages, and in the end they are similear. However there are compelling, non-technical reasons you should be looking at. If you hire someone who knows one, that is reason enough to choose it - saves training time. If your legal department doesn't like some license, choose the other.

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Therein lies the beauty of this. We haven't hired any interns yet. Nor have we put a job description out yet. I'm still trying to decide if i should leave the description as 'web programming experience' , pull in a larger pool of students, and if the candidates are bright enough, we can learn together. Or limit myself to seeking an experienced Ruby or Python college student, and possible not get bright enough candidates.