From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@...>
Date: 2005-02-07T09:43:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Is compatibility important for us?

> Which makes me think that most of Ruby's growth is going to come from 
> people leaving Java and PHP, not from (cough) people leaving Python. I 
> suppose the success of Rails has already proven that, though.

I'm definitely seeing a ton more people come over from PHP and Java 
than from Python or Perl. This is natural, of course, considering that 
a lot more web development is happening in PHP and Java, but I also 
think it's because the perceived difference is big enough.

Pythonists and Perlers probably doesn't feel that Ruby (on or off 
Rails) is sufficiently different from what they're currently doing to 
warrant stepping down the expert ladder.
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