Which is better in terms of simplicity and actual results

buzzandbeez:
Which is better in terms of simplicity and actual results

One word, Go.

In terms of simplicity and rapid prototyping ruby is a clear winner here

In terms of maturity speed/performance Ruby is insignificant in comparison to Go

Just go for Go

Ruby is a pure object oriented language while go is procedural. In terms of performance go is a clear winner in fact it was developed by google as a replacement for c so it is a compiled language while Ruby is interpreted. In terms of productivity Ruby is much better in fact the core design goal of Ruby is programmer happiness rather than performance. But if you want to improve performance for Ruby you can go with JRuby which is Ruby on the JVM.