Does 'Rube' have a negative connotation attached to it? Yes, and it's been a common insult for at least a century: http://www.google.com/dictionary?aq=f&langpa

Does 'Rube' have a negative connotation attached to it? Yes, and it's been a common insult for at least a century: http://www.google.com/dictionary?aq=f&langpair=en|en&hl=en&q=rube http://www.google.com/dictionary?aq=f&langpair=en|en&#38... Do you have any numbers to back any of this up? We don't need to look any further than this thread: 30 points on the initial Ruby/Rails-bashing rant that also insults Ruby developers, 6 points on tghw's comment that insults Ruby developers with outright name-calling. Par for the course. Could it just be that you aren't a Python programmer No, considering I've been using python on and off for almost a decade now. your language Or it could be that there is no "[my] language" and I'm just willing to call out rampant hypocrisy and language-bashing when I see it. Honestly, I find it interesting that people assume someone doesn't use Python just because they call out Team Python on their non-stop trolling and language-bashing. "Either you're with us or against us," apparently. Big surprise.