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Longtime favorite for web development falls to 30th in the Tiobe index of language popularity. ‘There is no need for Ruby anymore.’ ...

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The rumors about the demise of Ruby have been circulating the developer world for years and articles prophesying the “death” of Ruby appear with amazing regularity. Yet, the language and its main ...

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