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The knife is out for Ruby
Dynamic languages are coming to the end of their honeymoon period. This is bad for Python and maybe PHP, but it is nothing short of a disaster for Ruby.
- pook 16y agohttp://babel-programming.blogspot.com/2008/02/tiobe-index-is-meaningless.html http://babel-programming.blogspot.com/2008/02/tiobe-index-is...
- cageface 16y agoGithub is just another data point, but that's not how things look there at all: http://github.com/languages http://github.com/languages
- _pius 16y agoI once asked a team leader, who had .net and PHP experience and was in the middle of a large Ruby On Rails project, what the benefits of Ruby and Ruby On Rails were. She could not think of a single one. ...
- cageface 16y agoRuby and Rails both have their flaws, of course, but that's just silly. Stated plainly, vs any static language, rapid development and easy metaprogramming. Vs PHP, a cleaner, saner language and a more rigorous, consistent and powerful object model and stack architecture.
- _pius 16y agoRuby and Rails both have their flaws, of course, but that's just silly. I agree. I don't see how anyone who is both competent and familiar with all of the technologies mentioned would not be able to state a single advantage. It's a preposterous statement in an all around FUDdy article.