Re: Ruby status

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Richard Schoen
<Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[Aaron Bartell] now seems to have switched core focus to Node.Js.

Not sure if that means Ruby didn't go over as super-hot on the i or he found Node more compelling.

I don't mean to speak for him, but I do have an idea of the situation.
I am confident he still loves Ruby as a language. Pretty much everyone
who learns it loves it. I would be very surprised if it were not still
his personal favorite. (I think it's Kevin Adler's favorite as well.)

Ruby on Rails in particular is a great Web platform, and if it suits
you, there's nothing better.

Aaron's choice to focus on Node.js is completely pragmatic. There are
definitely advantages to using fewer different languages in a project.
(And it's not like JavaScript is a woefully underpowered or cumbersome
language. It's actually similar in power and expressiveness to the
other big scripting languages, including Ruby, Python, Perl, and PHP.)
Also, I imagine if he's doing any hiring, it's easier to find people
who know JavaScript than people who know Ruby.

John Y.