Ruby breaks these things. But Ruby is not generally even considered for a lot of what Java is used for. Those two things aren't independent. Don't get me wro

Ruby breaks these things. But Ruby is not generally even considered for a lot of what Java is used for. Those two things aren't independent. Don't get me wrong, I like Ruby far better than Java. But Ruby is simply not considered a stable enough language for your huge app that you plan to maintain for 20+ years... Nor should it be. Java is that stable. On the flip side, Ruby is improving much more quickly than Java. I write small apps I plan to maintain frequently far more often than I write apps that need to sail onward for 20+ years. Two different market niches, defined by two different groups of customers.