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A comment on Ian Lance Taylor's Response to “Go Is Google's Language”. Parent comment

Re:Ian Lance Taylor's Response to “Go Is Google's Language” by toasterlovin on Monday May 27, 2019 @12:35PM (#20023332)
Basecamp supports Rails. Ruby is mostly developed by a community of Japanese developers.
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Re:Ian Lance Taylor's Response to “Go Is Google's Language” by pornel on Monday May 27, 2019 @12:51PM (#20023468)
That supports OP's theory: Ruby wasn't mainstream before Rails.
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Re:Ian Lance Taylor's Response to “Go Is Google's Language” by petepete on Monday May 27, 2019 @12:54PM (#20023494)
While this might have been true, it was that screencast and the rise of Rails that put Ruby on the map in the west.
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