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Discussion on: Ruby and Python, them and the differences

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Syed Faraaz Ahmad

I prefer ruby over python but I was of the impression that Python might kill off ruby

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George

Honestly I don't believe Python will kill Ruby, it's clear that it has a much larger gathering but with the state Rubys language, APIs, communities etc are in I believe it could be catching up to Python

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Jon Bristow

Yeah, in the enterprise sphere I run in (silicon valley adjacent) rails is pretty much gone and replaced with react frontends and kube/serverless backends for new projects.

The java stuff has stayed steady, but I’m seeing more and more javascript from the new projects.

Python lives because of ML and ops now. Python 2 becomes EOL in 2020, and most projects have finished their conversion years ago.

Ruby... has metasploit, I guess? That codebase is a bit of a mess though... a testament to “clever” ruby.