Re: Is Ruby Dying?

From	SD! <email@domain.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.ruby
Subject	Re: Is Ruby Dying?
Date	2014-02-07 20:21 +0100
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On 2013-12-24 16:52:50 +0000, John Moses said:

> http://jmoses.co/2013/12/21/is-ruby-dying.html
> 
> I have been working with nodejs alot lately and have been discussing 
> with coworkers if nodejs is taking steam away from ruby at all. I think 
> the popularity of the language is an important talking point when 
> selecting a language and framework for a new project.
> 
> I think a graph on the release date of gems over time could help 
> determine an answer. The front page of rubygems only shows data on the 
> most popular, but I am really interested in seeing recent activity. My 
> theory is that if developers’ contributions to different gems is 
> slowing down, then so is the popularity of the language.

Ruby as a language is the most beautiful thing ever devised since 6502 
assembly! :-) And no web framework of the month is going to change 
this. But - no matter what some people are going to say about this - 
IMHO one of the biggest obstacles for taking Ruby into more use is 
actually the gems system. Gems should be repackaged as regular packages 
(e. g. for Debian/Ubuntu) and available from within te system's regular 
packaging/installation mechanisms. There should be NO special 
treatments necessary. No rvms, no gems, no nothing else than system's 
native packages that any and every admin could just simply install the 
same way as virtually every other package.

As long as there will be arguments against this (read: excuses) only 
the fans of Ruby will always want to deal with the non-system-standard 
installation/distribution mechanisms. I am a fan of Ruby but I can't 
make it easy for Ruby indifferent admins to set whole Ruby ecosystem up 
and running (reliably).

-- 
SD!

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Is Ruby Dying? John Moses <moses.john.r@gmail.com> - 2013-12-24 08:52 -0800
  Re: Is Ruby Dying? SD! <email@domain.com> - 2014-02-07 20:21 +0100
    Re: Is Ruby Dying? "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-15 21:02 +0000
    Re: Is Ruby Dying? KlausG <KDiddy1@web.de> - 2014-12-16 10:05 -0800
      Re: Is Ruby Dying? "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-17 03:04 +0000
    Re: Is Ruby Dying? Ryan VanMaele <ryan.vanmaele@gmail.com> - 2014-12-16 14:33 -0800
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