Re:Why Is Python Growing So Quickly?
by ksec on Thursday September 14, 2017 @03:14PM
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What were Ruby used for in japan?
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Re:Why Is Python Growing So Quickly?
by trcollinson on Friday September 15, 2017 @12:04AM
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Ruby is a very versatile language in its own right. While the other poster is correct that it is used for anything that perl and python are used for it's also taking a large chunk from the Java and C# crowd in Japan. Everything from server side applications to command line tools and even GUI based desktop applications can be written in Ruby. Using FFI I have made some quite amazing applications with Ruby.
Rails is amazing and I personally love it. But it's not the only thing Ruby is good for.