Comments on: The Rise of Ruby http://procnew.com/the-rise-of-ruby.html Dynamic Languages, Databases, and Startups Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:08:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: John Haynes http://procnew.com/the-rise-of-ruby.html/comment-page-1#comment-7 John Haynes Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:42:26 +0000 http://procnew.com/?p=9#comment-7 Two other elements that are key in Ruby's success are productivity and reduction of LOC. I find I'm getting work done 6-7 times faster than I was in C#. I also maintain about 15% of the codebase of an equivalent project in C#/Java Two other elements that are key in Ruby’s success are productivity and reduction of LOC.

I find I’m getting work done 6-7 times faster than I was in C#. I also maintain about 15% of the codebase of an equivalent project in C#/Java

]]> By: Aníbal Rojas http://procnew.com/the-rise-of-ruby.html/comment-page-1#comment-5 Aníbal Rojas Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:47:17 +0000 http://procnew.com/?p=9#comment-5 Another increasing activity is in the bookstore catalog, take a look at Amazon, and you will find a lot of titles promised for 2007. Another increasing activity is in the bookstore catalog, take a look at Amazon, and you will find a lot of titles promised for 2007.

]]> By: Mark Haliday http://procnew.com/the-rise-of-ruby.html/comment-page-1#comment-4 Mark Haliday Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:52:29 +0000 http://procnew.com/?p=9#comment-4 I think some of Ruby's success has to do with companies telling developers what they want in a language/tool. Microsoft assumes they know what we want and offers C#, which is alright, but nothing stellar about it. Same thing with Java. Ruby (and Python) give programmers what they "actually" want and are not controlled by some corporate entity filled with talking heads. I give a lot of credit to DHH though, he essentially put Ruby on the radar for a lot of people and companies. I think some of Ruby’s success has to do with companies telling developers what they want in a language/tool. Microsoft assumes they know what we want and offers C#, which is alright, but nothing stellar about it. Same thing with Java. Ruby (and Python) give programmers what they “actually” want and are not controlled by some corporate entity filled with talking heads.

I give a lot of credit to DHH though, he essentially put Ruby on the radar for a lot of people and companies.

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