I think you've gotten downvoted because it wasn't true when Rails 1.2.0 was released on Ruby 1.8, it wasn't true 10 years ago, it wasn't true 5 years ago and it

I think you've gotten downvoted because it wasn't true when Rails 1.2.0 was released on Ruby 1.8, it wasn't true 10 years ago, it wasn't true 5 years ago and it still isn't true today. It's a meme, a synthetic reputation, one based in FUD, with nothing to back it up. Countless businesses have been built on Rails. All successful code regardless of language and framework evolves to fit emerging needs. Also, the onus isn't on any community to 'prove' to outsiders that their thing can meet the demands of skeptics. It never will, they will find another reason, and then another one after that to fuel their FUD. So when you write what you did in this thread you're not really, in my view, contributing to the conversation. You're just repeating something you've heard and this far in, it just feels grating.