Is Ruby Dying? 400
New submitter John Moses writes "I have been working with node.js a lot lately, and have been discussing with co-workers if node.js is taking steam away from Ruby at all. I think the popularity of the language is an important talking point when selecting a language and framework for a new project. A graph on the release date of gems over time could help determine an answer. The front page of RubyGems only shows data on the most popular, but I am really interested in seeing recent activity. My theory is that if developers' contributions to different gems is slowing down, then so is the popularity of the language."
Re:Short answer: no (Score:3, Funny)
Silly programmer, you're not an "coder"! You don't know what's cool and what's not. Look at that UID. You must be like, 35! Yuck, old people!
Netcraft Confirms It (Score:5, Funny)
It is now official. Netcraft has confirmed: Ruby is dying.
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Ruby community when IDC confirmed that Ruby market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all languages. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that Ruby has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Ruby is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in the recent programmers survey.
You don't need to be the Amazing Kreskin to predict Ruby's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Ruby faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Ruby because Ruby is dying. Things are looking very bad for Ruby. As many of us are already aware, Ruby continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
yes. (Score:1, Funny)
yes.
But Node.JS IS WEBSCALE (Score:5, Funny)
Node.js invents threading/processes and is webscale [youtube.com].
The best part is once you start coding it you will find yourself with a neat trimmed beard in designer plaid in a hip coffee shop listening to music not even out yet with 2 georgous ladies by your side giggling and being turned on by your most awesome code that is on your laptop screen.
Re:Short answer: no (Score:5, Funny)
Look at that UID. You must be like, 35! Yuck, old people!
Careful there, kid. :)
Obligatory: She's dead, Jim. (Score:5, Funny)
Damit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a developer in a dynamic, reflective, object-oriented, general-purpose programming language that supports multiple programming paradigms, including functional, object oriented, and imperative.
Thank you, Wikipedia.
Re:Short answer: no (Score:3, Funny)
Eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww dirty old man!
Re:Finally got it (Score:4, Funny)
Hmmm. 46 here. And apparently still too fast for Slashdot who tells me to "Slow down, cowboy!"
So in other words, Ruby is running off the rails? (Score:5, Funny)