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> I think it's a toss up between Python and Ruby, but my bet is on Python What on earth could make you people think Ruby is even a contender? Do you ever look
by bmarkovic 8y ago
> I think it's a toss up between Python and Ruby, but my bet is on Python
What on earth could make you people think Ruby is even a contender? Do you ever look at ANY language usage stats?
If there is a toss-up in dynamic languages the toss-up is between Python and JavaScript and with JavaScript's dominance in the front-end and Python's in data science it's likely to be a turf divide rather than a toss-up.
- filleduchaos 8y agoDo you have any idea what things use Ruby outside of web dev?
- bmarkovic 8y agoThat doesn't really matter to my arguments. I've used front-end and back-end web dev merely as examples of main drivers of each technology. What matters is that growth of Ruby and related technologies in recent years has been negligible (it has been in free-fall for the last few when considering relative figures actually), and the singular instance of it's major growth was during the 37Signals/Rails era ergo web dev.