Node at least is sexy, and I suspect will continue with large numbers of people writing it. Ruby however seems to be as esoteric as perl - its not js or python

Node at least is sexy, and I suspect will continue with large numbers of people writing it. Ruby however seems to be as esoteric as perl - its not js or python or java in ubiquity, it's not loved like rust and go, it doesn't have the longevity of perl, c and bash. Perl5 has run, pretty much unchanged, for over 20 years, meaning no need to update my programs. Ruby on the other hand is a treadmill language. Code written in 2005 (when rails came out and it was the new hotness) wasn't runnable a mere 10 years later in 2015. I have processes that have longer runtime!* Time will tell how long Ruby 2 lasts, but I'd wager that perl 5 lasts longer that ruby 2. I'm interested in stable languages that just work for most of the things I write -- I want something to perform a task and carry on doing it with minimal effort for the next decade or two. I'm not interested in perl 6 or 7 because its a new language, it's competing in a crowded sphere other more recent languages. Perl5's value is its constantness and ubiquity. * hyperbole