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"very large" and "very loud" are two different things. I'm sure you'll take exception with any metric that shows Ruby to be a less common language but http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/ruby 127 questions. http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/python 272 questions. http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/php 466
https://github.com/languages http://www.tiobe.com/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html I wonder what made Lua take the leap.
The rails ecosystem moved to github bringing along the community. Ruby eggs, one basket.