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		jonknee on April 2, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter jilts Ruby for Scala But their move to Scala meant the Fail Whale went away and their investors were happy enough to sink many more millions into the company. Would it be possible to run a high-volume messaging system in Ruby? Perhaps. But why fuck around when the people bankrolling your company are getting angry?

tptacek on April 2, 2009 [–]

Hey you know what? Not making a case for Ruby here. Just picking one very small part of Alex's argument and critiquing it.

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