From: MikkelFJ <mikkel-removethis@...>
Date: 2004-02-01T18:24:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Python 25 times as popular as Ruby !?

Fra: "Lothar Scholz" <llothar@web.de>
Emne: Python 25 times as popular as Ruby !?
Dato: 1. februar 2004 07:43


> comp.lang.ruby you see the same.  clr seems to be
> more code philosophical questions where clp is about developing
> software.


I have learnt more about software development in c.l.r. than in any other
forum.

The greatest thing about Ruby is its friendly community, the intellect
behind it, and the tolerance and curiosity towards other interesting not
necessarily Ruby-related technologies. The language comes second to that. As
Ruby grows more popular, c.l.r. becomes more nuts'n bolts for better and
worse. But it is one reason I'm spending less time here these days - too
many posts to dig through. Just subjectively tracking c.l.r. from a distance
convinces me that more and more people are using Ruby. From zero knowledge
to an unscientific 1 / 25 of Python in 4 years of exposure to the english
speaking community is not bad at all considering Python has presumably grown
a lot in the same timeframe. Today every decent developer has at least heard
of Ruby.

I reckon the only really good projects you picked for comparison are the
database projects because these are used by the kind of projects best done
by scripting - e.g. GUI has issues with deployment and portability despite
the efforts. You might also want to look at template engines like Amrita,
XML parsers and web frameworks. Some of the really popular Ruby projects
have migrated into the Ruby distribution (e.g. REXML) and may not see much
exposure elsewhere - I guess this is also true for Python.


Mikkel