Ruby Gripes

• Slower than Perl (at least in my one unscientific benchmark)

• No ++ or -- ("and it doesn't need them!")

• No default values for blocks; $_ exists, but isn't used for much

• for can't be used as a statement modifier

• No destructors

• Can't use curly braces for quick one-line subroutine definitions

     def oneliner {puts "hello"}      # doesn't work
     def oneliner; puts "hello"; end  # works, but ugh

• Poor error messages

• Poorly documented (at least compared to Perl)

• No CPAN (http://raa.ruby-lang.org/)