This list is the first systematic attempt to enlist NLP and CL related resources for Ruby. It's based on other earlier attempts e.g. https://github.com/diasks2/ruby-nlp. We strive to provide a list of only working high quality libraries. Read why this list is vital for the Ruby community.
Everybody uses Python! Nobody hires Ruby developers for NLP tasks.
To avoid a long discussion we can simply postulate: Ruby and Python are great programming languages, both very appealing to the community, but with different history. Everything written in Ruby could have been written in Python.
Nevertheless we have our personal preferences like dogs over cats, tea over coffee etc. That's why you can choose the language which matches your mindset and does not break your mind to get compliant with a programming language.
Take Ruby if you're happy with it. Use Python if you like it more. Do whatever you want and pay for your decisions!
And if you still hesitate look at this great talk by Jim Weirich.
Ruby IS comparable in terms of processing speed with other high level scripting programming languages like Lua, Perl, Python etc.
Please look at this comparison: https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/faster/ruby.html
Python has more! Eventually...
Please look at the current list, Ruby is equipped with all important libraries.
The answer is simple and sounds "NO". Not in pure Ruby. But you can be very efficient and use Ruby bindings for Java, C and C++ based libraries. And sometimes buying newer hardware can be cheaper than writing everything in C++. It's definitely your choice!
Every library list item has the naming after the Ruby library. The name is
the exact wording of the gem install lib statement (or gem 'lib' in your
Gemfile) to facilitate search and memoization. That's why the appropriate item
is called treat and not Treat.