Quote: "I think languages like Ruby and JavaScript will actually WANE in the far future as new languages come along". Correction: if it compiles everywhere ...

Quote: "I think languages like Ruby and JavaScript will actually WANE in the far future as new languages come along". Correction: if it compiles everywhere ... it's not waning. C, C++, and JavaScript are with us for a long time. But, you're right about Ruby. :-)