From: Neil Wilson Date: 2006-09-12T17:20:40+09:00 Subject: Re: The economics of a slow but productive Ruby It's rarely a matter of economics and statistics. Essentially there is very little good scientific data on the relative merits of different development systems. Practically all you can find was done on productivity and sociology in development was done in the 70s and early 80s. Beyond that it is really a matter of faith. Jacob Fugal wrote: > [NOTE: I'm trying to present the facts and be objective in this post. > I love Ruby, and would choose it any day when economics didn't matter.