Has Python killed Ruby?

#1

Post by Pishky » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 1:24 AM UTC

If chosing to learn one or the other why would anyone choose Ruby?

Thanks

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#2

Post by erkose » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 1:33 AM UTC

Actually, Ruby failed to kill Python.

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#3

Post by dasdhrub95 » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 1:38 AM UTC

Ruby is commonly used by programmers along with Ruby on Rails for Web Development so it's scope is very limited. Python on the other hand has been widely adopted by the academia and has become pretty much essential to startups in the big data/AI sector, additionally Python can also be used with Django for web development (Instagram's website is built in Django). The pip library is vast and the Django community is on par with the Ruby on Rails community. I dont see any reason to stick with Ruby.

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#4

Post by ndesaulniers » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 1:48 AM UTC

Node.js killed Ruby IMO.

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Post by _uhtu » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 1:59 AM UTC

Ruby still has significant use in web development due to the huge popularity of Rails. Startups and established companies continue to start and maintain projects in Rails.

Beyond that Ruby isn't used much. But a language that's extensively used for one very common purpose is very very far from dead.

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Post by ahmgeek » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 1:59 AM UTC

One doesn't simply choose a language, language choose person.

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Post by _uhtu » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 1:59 AM UTC

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Post by SwellJoe » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 2:02 AM UTC

Either is fine as a learning language. I'd pick Ruby if I wanted to learn how to make web apps, and Python if I wanted to work on scientific or AI projects. But, either is a very good learning language with excellent resources.

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Post by athenot » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 2:02 AM UTC

From a devops perspective, both may be needed depend on your approach to configuration management.

- Ruby is used for Chef.

- Python is used for Ansible.

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Post by bdcravens » Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 2:02 AM UTC

dasdhrub95 wrote: post #3

Ruby is commonly used by programmers along with Ruby on Rails for Web Development so it's scope is very limited. Python on the other hand has been widely adopted by the academia and has become pretty much essential to startups in the big data/AI sector, additionally Python can also be used with Django for web development (Instagram's website is built in Django). The pip library is vast and the Django community is on…

> Ruby is commonly used by programmers along with Ruby on Rails for Web Development so it's scope is very limited.

Not correct. Its primary use case doesn't limit its scope, and there's tons of utility programming done in Ruby. (for example, Chef and Puppet are written in Ruby)