Comparison between perl and ruby code. Ruby wins in my book

sort_and_vectorize.pl

@tuples = sort { $a->[0] <=> $b->[0] } @tuples;

my $dates = map { $_->[0] } @tuples;
my $values = map { $_->[1] } @tuples;

sort_and_vectorize.rb

tuples.sort!{ |first, second| first[0] <=> second[0] }

dates = tuples.map{ |tuple| tuple[0] }
values = tuples.map{ |tuple| tuple[1] }