Comments on: Is Ruby the fastest growing language on the web?

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By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:55:43 +0000

I think jRuby is what will make Ruby become “the next big thing” of the Web. Seamless integration with enormous already-existing base of Java code and libraries, with all the qualities of a dynamic language, is what gives it a huge advantage over competitive technologies.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:04:40 +0000

Jules cheers for your comment. I’ve been an Actionscript Developer/designer for some time now and getting into ROR will definitely add to my skill-set. Some might say “What about PHP?” Well i do like PHP and there are many jobs out there for PHP developers, but i really see Ruby and Rails as the new generation programming language (mind the performance, i’m sure they will work it out soon!).

The Tiobe index is new to me, but much like yourself i also find it very interesting indeed – I read a great article 7 reasons I switched back to PHP after 2 years on Rails. over at Oreilly blogs in case you were interested.

There has been a steady incline with the amount of Iphone development taking place, thats for sure -> and LUA is a language i hadn’t even heard of till i reviewed Tiobe, and its been around since 1993.

One a personal note: In my part of the world its hard to find a {decent} PHP developer. Its like you ask these dudes about CSS and they look at you and say: Duoh huh? Bah, phooey we iz sticking to tables!! Its not that they aren’t capable of learning new stuff, but they are just not willing to learn anything new. For me thats the kiss of death right there.

By: JulesLt

JulesLt — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:05:27 +0000

The funny thing is that Ruby actually dates from about the same time as Java (1995) but it’s just taken this long for it to become a practical programming language (i.e. applications now often more network or database bound rather than CPU bound, means that language performance is less critical than developer productivity).

Of course, the same thing was once true of Java itself.

I’m always intrigued by the TIOBE index – I find it hard to believe that Objective-C ranks far below LUA, for instance, given the strong and evident interest in iPhone development. Ditto ActionScript (there a huge number of Flash developers out there). Perhaps LUA’s rating is boosted by the fact a Google search on Lua returns more results as it is martial art, restaurant, and surname??