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Re:Introducing Rubinius X by subsection1h on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @07:24PM (#6557021)
> It's just hard to hire Ruby developers, who are getting more scarce every year.

Citation?

Why would Ruby developers be getting more scare? Are they retiring earlier than Java developers?

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Re:Introducing Rubinius X by laureny on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @12:10AM (#6557969)
> Citation?

http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends/ruby%2C+java.html

> Why would Ruby developers be getting more scare? Are they retiring earlier than Java developers?

Ruby developers have always been a tiny fraction of the number of Java developers, and that fraction has been steadily decreasing, while the Java developer pool keeps increasing (Android helped quite a bit growing that population).

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Re:Introducing Rubinius X by ksec on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @06:24AM (#6558877)
I think it is actually the Ruby Pool is increasing much faster then there are Ruby Devs.
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