Comments on: The rumours of Ruby’s death are greatly exaggerated… http://twasink.net/blog/2007/05/the-rumours-of-rubys-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/ Robert's Rambling Ruminations Regarding Reality Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:02:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alan Brown http://twasink.net/blog/2007/05/the-rumours-of-rubys-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Alan Brown Sat, 26 May 2007 09:09:21 +0000 http://twasink.net/wp/?p=211#comment-388 So the number of instances of the word "Ruby" in a programming context have gone down. So people are saying "Rails" instead of "Ruby on Rails". Big deal. So the number of instances of the word “Ruby” in a programming context have gone down. So people are saying “Rails” instead of “Ruby on Rails”. Big deal.

]]> By: Robert Watkins http://twasink.net/blog/2007/05/the-rumours-of-rubys-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Robert Watkins Wed, 23 May 2007 08:40:19 +0000 http://twasink.net/wp/?p=211#comment-387 Michele - Exactly. "Stagnation" is an odd term for a language that jumped up so massively in the last 12 months. Furthermore, the TIOBE index is used to _very_ large fluctuations - see the hit to Java that occurred in 2004, simply because Google changed their search methodology. The month-to-month fluctuations are also high. That's why the TIOBE index can not be taken seriously on a month-to-month basis. It's good for trend analysis, and the trend shows that Ruby was the ONLY language to get an absolute boost of over 2% in its market share in the last twelve months; all of the top guns dropped massively. Like I said, people need to learn to read the stats, not read into the stats. Michele – Exactly. “Stagnation” is an odd term for a language that jumped up so massively in the last 12 months. Furthermore, the TIOBE index is used to _very_ large fluctuations – see the hit to Java that occurred in 2004, simply because Google changed their search methodology. The month-to-month fluctuations are also high. That’s why the TIOBE index can not be taken seriously on a month-to-month basis. It’s good for trend analysis, and the trend shows that Ruby was the ONLY language to get an absolute boost of over 2% in its market share in the last twelve months; all of the top guns dropped massively.

Like I said, people need to learn to read the stats, not read into the stats.

]]> By: Michele Bassani http://twasink.net/blog/2007/05/the-rumours-of-rubys-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Michele Bassani Wed, 23 May 2007 02:26:37 +0000 http://twasink.net/wp/?p=211#comment-386 So, based on TIOBE index I can say that Python is died in 2004 and PHP's popularity falls every two months... but they are still growing. Maybe someone that tried Ruby in the last months has found it not matching their needs, but I think that it's natural to have some fluctuations in case of great expansion of a popularity of a programming language. Sorry for my English. So, based on TIOBE index I can say that Python is died in 2004 and PHP’s popularity falls every two months… but they are still growing. Maybe someone that tried Ruby in the last months has found it not matching their needs, but I think that it’s natural to have some fluctuations in case of great expansion of a popularity of a programming language.
Sorry for my English.

]]> By: x http://twasink.net/blog/2007/05/the-rumours-of-rubys-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/comment-page-1/#comment-385 x Wed, 23 May 2007 00:02:34 +0000 http://twasink.net/wp/?p=211#comment-385 Nobody said anything about Ruby's death, they're just talking about Ruby hitting the top of its popularity. Since the TIOBE results are confirmed by search jobs, I think these figures are really telling us something. Also, a language that is -- according to its advocates -- taking the world by storm would never hit such a plateau so early. Java never did, nor did C++. Finally, the Ruby advocates were the first ones to point to TIOBE numbers when these were going up to show how popular their language is, so it's ironic that they no longer like that index when it's not supporting their story... Anyway, I love Ruby and Ruby on Rails, but it's pretty clear to me that it's not going to take over anything. Nobody said anything about Ruby’s death, they’re just talking about Ruby hitting the top of its popularity. Since the TIOBE results are confirmed by search jobs, I think these figures are really telling us something.

Also, a language that is — according to its advocates — taking the world by storm would never hit such a plateau so early. Java never did, nor did C++.

Finally, the Ruby advocates were the first ones to point to TIOBE numbers when these were going up to show how popular their language is, so it’s ironic that they no longer like that index when it’s not supporting their story…

Anyway, I love Ruby and Ruby on Rails, but it’s pretty clear to me that it’s not going to take over anything.

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