http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2007/05/ruby-in-decline/ Things should be as simple as possible but no simpler Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:53:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2007/05/ruby-in-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Michael Neale Tue, 22 May 2007 10:23:47 +0000 http://gregluck.com/blog/2007/05/ruby-in-decline/#comment-148 Good analysis Greg. For web delivered application, there seems to be a "spreading" across languages, as people can choose tools more then in the past. Of course, the JVM platform seems to be increasingly embracing them. JRuby has found its legs, and I can also tell you that Jython is alive and well and again picking up pace. Good analysis Greg.
For web delivered application, there seems to be a “spreading” across languages, as people can choose tools more then in the past. Of course, the JVM platform seems to be increasingly embracing them.
JRuby has found its legs, and I can also tell you that Jython is alive and well and again picking up pace.

]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2007/05/ruby-in-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Jeremy Norris Tue, 22 May 2007 01:43:55 +0000 http://gregluck.com/blog/2007/05/ruby-in-decline/#comment-147 It's very interesting to follow the current fury around dynamic languages. In my opinion, there are serious limitations on large scale software projects (ie: 200,000+ lines). Some of these limitations being maintainability issues (lack of refactoring ease, toolchain support, etc). Dynamic languages certainly have a great niche in smaller scale things like build management, simple DSLs and many other things, but is it generally acknowledged that these languages aren't suitable for large scale development, or is this lost in the hype? It’s very interesting to follow the current fury around dynamic languages. In my opinion, there are serious limitations on large scale software projects (ie: 200,000+ lines). Some of these limitations being maintainability issues (lack of refactoring ease, toolchain support, etc). Dynamic languages certainly have a great niche in smaller scale things like build management, simple DSLs and many other things, but is it generally acknowledged that these languages aren’t suitable for large scale development, or is this lost in the hype?

]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2007/05/ruby-in-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-146 someone Mon, 21 May 2007 15:59:36 +0000 http://gregluck.com/blog/2007/05/ruby-in-decline/#comment-146 If this is in fact a sign of some serious trend, it might be bothersome if language/platform popularity had any correlation whatsoever to the language's merits for typical development tasks. If this is in fact a sign of some serious trend, it might be bothersome if language/platform popularity had any correlation whatsoever to the language’s merits for typical development tasks.

]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2007/05/ruby-in-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-145 asj Mon, 21 May 2007 14:13:35 +0000 http://gregluck.com/blog/2007/05/ruby-in-decline/#comment-145 It's a trend that I found out as well, and one even some Rubyistas have commented on.... http://blueboard.com/smalljava/archives/59 I've never actually believed ruby on rails could last....it had no major disruptive feature that would keep it afloat after so many other scripting languages started making their own run at the Java community, like Groovy, Jruby, and now JavaFX. It’s a trend that I found out as well, and one even some Rubyistas have commented on….
http://blueboard.com/smalljava/archives/59
I’ve never actually believed ruby on rails could last….it had no major disruptive feature that would keep it afloat after so many other scripting languages started making their own run at the Java community, like Groovy, Jruby, and now JavaFX.

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