From: Robert Dober Date: 2009-04-12T00:54:58+09:00 Subject: Re: Can Ruby stay ahead ? On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Phlip wrote: > Suresh Kk wrote: > >> Will Ruby  find it  difficult to stay in the first 10 languages list >> on  Tiobe  Index  ? > > Languages are on that list for a different reason. Some have corporate > support, some have academic support, and some have a critical mass of > projects using them. > > Ruby is heading towards all three of those reasons to stay on the list. > Forgive my ignorance, should language X be on the Tiobe Index? For what reason? Never heard of that one before (duking, but that is the truth). Cheers R -- Si tu veux construire un bateau ... Ne rassemble pas des hommes pour aller chercher du bois, préparer des outils, répartir les tâches, alléger le travail… mais enseigne aux gens la nostalgie de l’infini de la mer. If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry