Re^2: Why do nodes with minimal value get upvoted most?

Immature? Ruby? From the Ruby website we can learn that Ruby was born in early 1993, and first released to the internet in 1995. To be more precise, Ruby was born 20 days after the release of perl4.036. That's right. Before the first alpha release of perl5. Ruby hit the internet around the time the first betas of perl5.002 were released. 1995 was also the year Java was announced.

How long do languages stay "immature" and "new"?

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Re^3: Why do nodes with minimal value get upvoted most? by edan (Curate) on Dec 23, 2004 at 15:50 UTC
Ruby was born 20 days after the release of perl4.036. Yes, I think you've just proved Fletch's point quite nicely. The point was Ruby's relative immaturity - relative to Perl, of course. The fact that Ruby was born when Perl was already in it's 4th incarnation means that Ruby is immature relative to Perl. -- edan	[reply]
Re: Indicators of maturity by disciple (Pilgrim) on Dec 23, 2004 at 16:07 UTC
I have no personal opinion on the maturity of Ruby but maturity is not only relative to age. There are many potential indicators of maturity; some may matter to you and some may not. Stability Number of bugs in the stable release Number of installations Size of its community Number of releases Does it follow a formalized release process? Does it follow a formalized change control process? Does it make backwards compatability a priority? Age Insert whatever matters to you here... etc...	[reply]


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