In terms of imperative languages, python is #2 for me. And really I haven't done much python in the last couple of years mainly because anything I would want to do in python I'd rather do in ruby. Of course you will definitely hear me say, "I'd rather use python than Y" but I'd also say, "I'd rather use ruby than python"
I don't even get what he's trying to get at in paragraph three. From looking at jobs for startups and jobs in the Bay Area I can see that a large majority of them are using python over ruby. So python compared to ruby is relatively more popular at least from a job-seekers perspective.
So even though this is true, he singles out that ruby may possibly have compromised it's original philosophy with rails because of its popularity but yet python hasn't been affected at all by its mass popularity from most startups and science/academia companies using it? Python also has a pretty popular framework in django yet I don't really see any pressure by Guido to change python because of it.
Really this article is a pretty ignorant view of ruby since he himself admits he does not know much about ruby. So why bother writing that last paragraph other than for the sole purpose of putting down ruby? The last paragraph feels pretty tacked on and seems to be a nice jab at ruby for no reason other than he likes python.
Let me just end by saying, I love python, but I love ruby more. I don't have any ill-will towards python. But consider if this article was written about ruby and dhh wrote it. How much vitriol do you think dhh would get from writing an article like that?
I don't even get what he's trying to get at in paragraph three. From looking at jobs for startups and jobs in the Bay Area I can see that a large majority of them are using python over ruby. So python compared to ruby is relatively more popular at least from a job-seekers perspective.
So even though this is true, he singles out that ruby may possibly have compromised it's original philosophy with rails because of its popularity but yet python hasn't been affected at all by its mass popularity from most startups and science/academia companies using it? Python also has a pretty popular framework in django yet I don't really see any pressure by Guido to change python because of it.
Really this article is a pretty ignorant view of ruby since he himself admits he does not know much about ruby. So why bother writing that last paragraph other than for the sole purpose of putting down ruby? The last paragraph feels pretty tacked on and seems to be a nice jab at ruby for no reason other than he likes python.
Let me just end by saying, I love python, but I love ruby more. I don't have any ill-will towards python. But consider if this article was written about ruby and dhh wrote it. How much vitriol do you think dhh would get from writing an article like that?