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Ruby became far more popular in the US. Especially after Rails kicked adoption into high gear.



Rails didn't take a good thing and make it popular. It took a shit thing and gave people a reason to put up with it. There's a reason no one uses Ruby outside of Rails...


Most Rubyists i know have the opposite opinion - Ruby was great until the great unwashed horde of Rails devs showed up.


Puppet is written in Ruby.




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