Comments on: Google Trends – Ruby vs Python

By: bret

bret — Thu, 18 May 2006 13:22:41 +0000

if we want apples to apples, we should be comparing frameworks to frameworks. ruby on rails vs. zope vs. j2ee.

http://google.com/trends?q=zope%2C+ruby+on+rails%2C+j2ee&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

By: Paulo Eduardo Neves

Paulo Eduardo Neves — Thu, 11 May 2006 21:36:35 +0000

Funny, It looks like your site is really popular. I’ve tried to click in your link and got a 403 error and this message:

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We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we'll see you again on Google.

By: Ben Griffiths’ weblog » Blog Archive » Ruby on rails popularity

Thu, 11 May 2006 15:16:14 +0000

[...] ls. What with a recent endorsement from Martin Fowler and this graph – spotted on Jason Huggins’ blog – it seems that ruby and rails are truly gaining the popularity they [...]

By: Jason Huggins

Jason Huggins — Thu, 11 May 2006 12:36:43 +0000

Bjron,

You’re right about the query being bogus for simply “python” or “ruby”. That’s why I added ” programming” to my original search. I noticed the same thing when I did my post of comparing search results for Python web frameworks. (http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/?p=24). A search for “Python” and “aquarium” was very high on the list, but looking at the results, most had nothing to do with programming. Not accounting for false hits, plus adding search terms that are orders of magnitude more popular (like “java”) than the other terms is the 21-st century way to “lie with statistics”.

By: Bjorn Stabell

Bjorn Stabell — Thu, 11 May 2006 06:22:56 +0000

The query is bogus. Both Python and Ruby have too many fake hits.

For example, “python” (or pyton) is a commonly used in Norwegian slang to mean crap, like something that makes you want to puke.

But it’s clear that the Ruby has a lot of steam and a lot of hype now.

Comparing Zope and “Ruby on Rails” is going to be more accurate (more globally unique), and more interesting as well (given that web application development is so important) as someone else mentioned.

By: Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith — Thu, 11 May 2006 06:05:25 +0000

Whoops, last comment was for ur daddy, not Jason Huggins

By: Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith — Thu, 11 May 2006 06:04:07 +0000

@Jason Huggins, funny ruby on rails looks like smooth line that’s being stepped on to me.
http://www.google.com/trends?q=python%2C+ruby+on+rails&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

By: WileECoyote

WileECoyote — Thu, 11 May 2006 05:33:15 +0000

I think python users are smug bastards for “bashing” on ruby, why don’t you compare your language to something the same age and popularity, like:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl+programming%2C+python+programming&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

Paints a different picture eh? Or if you want a real challenge, try:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=c+programming%2C+python+programming&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

It’s exactly the same situation, doesn’t tell you much.

By: Software is too expensive to build cheaply...

Software is too expensive to build cheaply... — Thu, 11 May 2006 04:14:33 +0000

Google Trends

Well, I saw this article showing how Ruby was trending in popularity to Python. Then, with the aid of some co-workers, it got morphed into this Food for thought…

By: Jason Huggins

Jason Huggins — Thu, 11 May 2006 02:24:30 +0000

ur daddy,
I see your ruby on rails, and raise you java:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=python+programming%2C+ruby+on+rails%2C+java&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all