Brian Shirai: I think Ruby is dying

I didn't read the whole thing, and I'd be happy if someone could summarize it or could correct me if what I am going to say does not correctly mirror what's going on:

nothing is dying, and discussion always helps. Sometime all of us can have some kind of moments of discouragment, and need to fight against something just to hear other people tell us "don't worry, everything is going to be ok, you will make it"... or it's just a way to call for people attention. Sometime when we are really discouraged our request for help or attention comes out more as just a complain...

Also sometime the best funny things happen while discussing something too seriously. For example, at some point during the chat...:

* yopp reseting "Ruby community without drama" counter

:)

Ruby is just not attracting the attention and crowdfare it used to. Engine Yard used to be Ruby only (and supported JRuby and Rubinus ...) and has since added more languages as Ruby is not the beginning nor the end.

That isn't saying Ruby is dying; just there is competition and sometimes it's hard to compete.

I asked brixen about this and there's more to it here:

http://irclog.whitequark.org/rubinius/2014-12-29#1419876701-...;

"If I thought Ruby itself were the answer, I wouldn't be working on Rubinius, Rubinius 3.0 or Rubinius X. As you know from reading about Rubinius X, I think Ruby is dying." -- Brian Shirai

Thoughts?