For folks that want all of this plus macros (and a lot of other great things), check out Elixir.

100% Elixir is much more a Lisp than Ruby is.

	▲	to11mtm 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Agree that Elixir is closer to a Lisp than Ruby. Heck at least in my brain MLs are closer to a Lisp than Ruby...