Comments on: Ruby geeks like Macs; Mac geeks like Python http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/06/14/ruby-geeks-like-macs-mac-geeks-like-python/ by Mark Mayo Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:57:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jas http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/06/14/ruby-geeks-like-macs-mac-geeks-like-python/#comment-154381 Jas Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:36:59 +0000 http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/06/14/ruby-geeks-like-macs-mac-geeks-like-python/#comment-154381 Depends on how big a geek you are. Took a while to get into Macs, didn't own one until '96, but cut my programming teeth on old-skool NeXT hardware. So, of course, I love Objective C Depends on how big a geek you are. Took a while to get into Macs, didn’t own one until ‘96, but cut my programming teeth on old-skool NeXT hardware.

So, of course, I love Objective C

]]> By: mark http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/06/14/ruby-geeks-like-macs-mac-geeks-like-python/#comment-30775 mark Wed, 21 Jun 2006 03:54:46 +0000 http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/06/14/ruby-geeks-like-macs-mac-geeks-like-python/#comment-30775 Good points, Kevin. I think you're probably right on both counts. Good points, Kevin. I think you’re probably right on both counts.

]]> By: Kevin Teague http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/06/14/ruby-geeks-like-macs-mac-geeks-like-python/#comment-30767 Kevin Teague Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:12:48 +0000 http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/06/14/ruby-geeks-like-macs-mac-geeks-like-python/#comment-30767 In the Mac OS Classic days the MacPython package was well maintained. There was a Mac-specific installer, which made it very easy to get Python on your Mac. I imagine this has probably had a significant effect on the popularity of Python on the Mac. http://homepages.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython/ From what Google tells me, there was has only been very limited support for Ruby on Mac OS Classic: http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/18536 As for Ruby geeks liking Macs I would imagine that Ruby on Rails has skewed the Ruby developer user base so that the percentage of people who are building 'web applications with a focus on user experience design' would be higher than it is in other languages. And as a whole, I think it is safe to say that people who focus on user experience design like Macs. In the Mac OS Classic days the MacPython package was well maintained. There was a Mac-specific installer, which made it very easy to get Python on your Mac. I imagine this has probably had a significant effect on the popularity of Python on the Mac.

http://homepages.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython/

From what Google tells me, there was has only been very limited support for Ruby on Mac OS Classic:

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/18536

As for Ruby geeks liking Macs I would imagine that Ruby on Rails has skewed the Ruby developer user base so that the percentage of people who are building ‘web applications with a focus on user experience design’ would be higher than it is in other languages. And as a whole, I think it is safe to say that people who focus on user experience design like Macs.

]]> By: Marc http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/06/14/ruby-geeks-like-macs-mac-geeks-like-python/#comment-30233 Marc Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:44:20 +0000 http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/06/14/ruby-geeks-like-macs-mac-geeks-like-python/#comment-30233 I like both Ruby and Python. Maybe it's because I've used Mac OS both before and after OS X? :-) I like both Ruby and Python. Maybe it’s because I’ve used Mac OS both before and after OS X? :-)

]]> By: mark http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/06/14/ruby-geeks-like-macs-mac-geeks-like-python/#comment-30193 mark Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:42:37 +0000 http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/06/14/ruby-geeks-like-macs-mac-geeks-like-python/#comment-30193 It's quite possible my sample size is too small to make generalizations. But, hey, I'm not going to let proper statistics stand between me and point. :) I think one bit of evidence supporting my claim is the fact that the python cocoa bindings are quite a bit more mature and popular than the ruby bindings. That may very well be changing as ruby gains popularity, of course. It will be interestig to see if Apple officially throws it weight behind either python or ruby (or something else entirely) as a higher-level alternative to objective-c. It’s quite possible my sample size is too small to make generalizations. But, hey, I’m not going to let proper statistics stand between me and point. :)
I think one bit of evidence supporting my claim is the fact that the python cocoa bindings are quite a bit more mature and popular than the ruby bindings. That may very well be changing as ruby gains popularity, of course.

It will be interestig to see if Apple officially throws it weight behind either python or ruby (or something else entirely) as a higher-level alternative to objective-c.

]]> By: Edmund http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/06/14/ruby-geeks-like-macs-mac-geeks-like-python/#comment-30149 Edmund Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:58:25 +0000 http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/06/14/ruby-geeks-like-macs-mac-geeks-like-python/#comment-30149 I've used Macs since OS 7 and I prefer Ruby. I don't know why, but Python has just never interested me. I’ve used Macs since OS 7 and I prefer Ruby. I don’t know why, but Python has just never interested me.

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