I find Ruby to be a very maintainable language. I use Ruby with Ruby on Rails which is a great framework to create web applications and the like. I would not us

I find Ruby to be a very maintainable language. I use Ruby with Ruby on Rails which is a great framework to create web applications and the like. I would not use Ruby if I were in the system programming space as it is too slow and not strict enough. Every purpose can have a different language that is great for it, but don't forget that every programmer also has a language that is good for him. I, for example, will never work with PHP again because I find it ugly and I don't get happy working with it. Rust looks great though, when I find a purpose for it I might give it a go. Ruby's slowness is often mentioned, but Ruby is quick enough for many situations. I am very productive in Ruby and servers are cheaper than developers so for many purposes it works out just fine. I have tried Phoenix (Elixir) and I found it too verbose and complex to work with. I am sure though that others love it, so to each his own.