The quality of the syntax is purely a question of taste and as such isn't really debatable (de gustibus coloribusque non disputandum est), but so far it seems that Ruby still lacks in scalability and speed compared to Perl or Python.
- about the same number of Perl programs are faster than the Ruby 1.9 programs by about the same amount, as there are Ruby programs faster than Perl programs
- some of the Perl programs use half the memory of the corresponding Ruby 1.9 programs
- the Perl programs and Ruby 1.9 programs use about the same amount of code.
