Comments on: Where are we going? http://blog.secosoft.net/2005/09/25/where-are-we-going/ Matt Secoske's intermittent ramblings on software and life Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:33:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Stephen http://blog.secosoft.net/2005/09/25/where-are-we-going/#comment-628 Stephen Tue, 27 Sep 2005 05:31:47 +0000 http://www.secosoft.net/?p=54#comment-628 I hope Rails will kill off PHP as soon as possible. However, it has to overcome PHP's huge install base (especially mod_php being everywhere, but mod_fastcgi being, relatively, nowhere). Granted, some people are always going to want the "simplicity" of spaghetti-code PHP. But, against Java, my impression is that as a scripting language (technology- but more business-wise), Ruby is going to stay at the Perl/Python adoption level. Used by technies for pet projects, but not accepted for "important" projects by IT managers. Qualification: unless a company like IBM/Sun/Microsoft gets behind Ruby and starts supporting/pushing it. I hope Rails will kill off PHP as soon as possible. However, it has to overcome PHP’s huge install base (especially mod_php being everywhere, but mod_fastcgi being, relatively, nowhere).

Granted, some people are always going to want the “simplicity” of spaghetti-code PHP.

But, against Java, my impression is that as a scripting language (technology- but more business-wise), Ruby is going to stay at the Perl/Python adoption level. Used by technies for pet projects, but not accepted for “important” projects by IT managers.

Qualification: unless a company like IBM/Sun/Microsoft gets behind Ruby and starts supporting/pushing it.

]]> By: Jeff http://blog.secosoft.net/2005/09/25/where-are-we-going/#comment-627 Jeff Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:49:20 +0000 http://www.secosoft.net/?p=54#comment-627 Java appealed to C programmers because Java alleviated some of the more complex aspects of C it had a nearly identical syntax. In short, Java was easier than C but still C-like. My money is on Groovy because it incorporates many of the positives of Ruby but maintains a Java-esque flavor. Ruby, however, is definately the front-runner and it will be a challenge to overcome its momentum. Java appealed to C programmers because Java alleviated some of the more complex aspects of C it had a nearly identical syntax. In short, Java was easier than C but still C-like.

My money is on Groovy because it incorporates many of the positives of Ruby but maintains a Java-esque flavor. Ruby, however, is definately the front-runner and it will be a challenge to overcome its momentum.

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