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Is Ruby surpassing Python, Perl any time soon?
- jgrahamc 19y agohttp://www.google.fr/trends?q=ruby%2C+perl%2C+python http://www.google.fr/trends?q=ruby%2C+perl%2C+python
- ericb 19y agoVery informative link. You can see Python's poor PR at work in the headline on the right, "Python eats Australian family dog."
- astrec 19y agoHa! In all seriousness, Ruby doesn't fare any better.
- ericb 19y agoTrue: "JFK Documents Include Reported Ruby, Oswald Conversation."
- stcredzero 19y agoPoor PR is one of the things that happened to Smalltalk. "Don't complain, only code," is good advice. That should also extend to: "Don't Hype." Smalltalk, Java, Python, and Ruby all made the same mistake, however. They started gaining prominence before they got fast enough. We need to stop making the same mistakes again and again. There's no reason why even a late-binding Pure Object language shouldn't run at 25% of the speed of compiled C on many benchmarks. There's no reason why programs in these languages shouldn't be widely known to be faster than naive implementations in C.
- Tichy 19y agohttp://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=ruby%2Cpython%2Cperl%2C+java&l= http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=ruby%2Cpython%2Cperl%2C+ja...
- gaika 19y agoTake a look at the speed of adoption - http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=ruby%2Cpython%2Cperl%2C+java&relative=1 http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=ruby%2Cpython%2Cperl%2C+ja...
- jauco 19y agoI think we could keep this up for a while. http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=ruby%2Cpython%2Cperl%2C+java%2C+c%2B%2B&l= http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=ruby%2Cpython%2Cperl%2C+ja...
- andr 19y agoNo.
- systems 19y agoWill Arc surpass Ruby or Perl anytime! Soon or late?
- bct 19y agoNo. But who cares? It's still fun, and a perfectly viable choice.
- mechanical_fish 19y agoDoes this data have anything to do with anything? Because these appear to be percentages of jobs on indexed job sites that mention term X, every single programming language that I checked is shrinking in share. Is that because software is becoming passé? Is it because there's a sudden enormous demand for pipefitters? Or is it just because some hiring managers (but not others) have concluded that hiring people through job site postings is a complete waste of time? And is the relative share of Java, C++, Perl, Ruby, and Python being completely skewed by the relative percentages of hiring managers who think that job sites are a complete waste of time? I certainly would never make an open job posting for a Ruby programmer unless I had no other choice. I don't enjoy reading resumés with a shovel.
- symesc 19y agoCheck the Relative view, as opposed to defaulted Absolute: http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=ruby%2Cpython%2Cperl&relative=1 http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=ruby%2Cpython%2Cperl&r...