Compared to their positions a year ago, Ruby, Assembly, Python, and R fare well in this month’s Tiobe index of language popularity. But the index’s author isn’t sold on all of these ...

On average, Ruby developers command salaries in the area of $102,000, with Amazon being one of the top employers. You might want to learn C if you plan on developing software, hardware, or even ...

Ruby and Python's standard implementations make use of a Global Interpreter Lock. Justin James explains the major advantages and downsides of the GIL mechanism.

Ruby and Ruby on Rails exploded onto the web development scene in the early aughts. But while JavaScript and Python rule the roost today, Ruby still has its place.

Python primarily employs libraries like SQLAlchemy and Django ORM, offering versatility. In Ruby, ActiveRecord is a prevalent choice, providing a convention-over-configuration approach.

In contrast to Perl and Ruby’s philosophy of “many ways of doing a thing”, Python’s motto “ “There should be one — and preferably only one — obvious method to do it.” is a direct request to Perl as ...

If you’re more experienced, really proficient at C, C++, or Java, and can solve a problem as quickly as a good programmer who uses Python or Ruby, then that’s a strong a skill to have, and I ...