Ruby's image to the programming public is inextricably linked to Rails, and so to web development, and making fun of web developers is a time-honored tradition

Ruby's image to the programming public is inextricably linked to Rails, and so to web development, and making fun of web developers is a time-honored tradition among people who fancy themselves "Real Programmers." Outside of this (friendly?) rivarly, I think even the most obstinate Pythonista has to recognize that Ruby is a perfectly capable language for non-web development.