That states that Ruby is not even in the top 10 programming languages.
So you guys definitely have a strong argument against using the popularity of Ruby on Rails.
But I just feel that there is an undeniable buzz and almost evangelical devotion to the Rails framework from its users. That energy could have been harvested by Google App Engine if they adapted their software to work around Ruby. I'd contend that while C# and Java are still really big for enterprise websites, in my personal little closed world, it seems that those programmers that are in GAE's target user base (amateur hackers that want to pump out quick web applications) are more prone to be Ruby on Rails or PHP guys. But I do not have any hard evidence to back this up, and you guys are definitely entitled to your own opinions.
http://www.caffeinatedcoder.com/programming-language-trends/
That states that Ruby is not even in the top 10 programming languages.
So you guys definitely have a strong argument against using the popularity of Ruby on Rails.
But I just feel that there is an undeniable buzz and almost evangelical devotion to the Rails framework from its users. That energy could have been harvested by Google App Engine if they adapted their software to work around Ruby. I'd contend that while C# and Java are still really big for enterprise websites, in my personal little closed world, it seems that those programmers that are in GAE's target user base (amateur hackers that want to pump out quick web applications) are more prone to be Ruby on Rails or PHP guys. But I do not have any hard evidence to back this up, and you guys are definitely entitled to your own opinions.