"Maybe WIRED is just not a serious medium..."
"FWIW — Ruby powered Shopify through another Black Friday / Cyber Monday — breaking last year's record."
"Maybe you should have taken a look at TypeScript..."
Wired published an article by California-based writer/programmer Sheon Han arguing that Ruby " is not a serious programming language ."Han believes that the world of programming has "moved on", and "everything Ruby does, another language now does better, leaving it without a distinct niche.He points out on Stack Overflow's annual developer survey, Ruby has slipped from a top-10 technology in 2013 to #18 this year — "behind evenAssembly" — calling Ruby "a kind of professional comfort object, sustained by the inertia of legacy code bases and the loyalty of those who first imprinted upon it." But the article drew some criticism on X.com . ("You should do your next piece about how Vim isn't a serious editor and continue building your career around nerd sniping developers.")Other reactions...
Wired's subheading argues that Ruby "survives on affection, not utility. Let's move on." Are they right? Share your own thoughts and experiences in the comments.
Is Ruby still a 'serious' programming language?