# Ruby is on 9th Position and C# on 8th as per Tiobe Index **URL:** \ **Category:** IronRuby\ **Created:** [August 7, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-is-on-9th-position-and-c-on-8th-as-per-tiobe-index/145278 "2008-08-07T13:44:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rahil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ebca7d/32.png) [@rahil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahil)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-is-on-9th-position-and-c-on-8th-as-per-tiobe-index/145278/1 "2008-08-07T13:44:08Z")
Ruby is on 9th Position and C# on 8th as per Tiobe Index. These are pleasing news to read that Ruby is jumping very fast. [http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html](http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html) Will Ruby Takeover the C# position soon…? Since JRuby is not mentioned any where, i presume its not considered in the Tiobe programming Index. With IronRuby the progress of Ruby shall be more faster, and i can imagine, Ruby + IronRuby + Jruby ( Ruby Trio ) can progress to 5th or 6th position soon. Currently php holds the 5th position and python is 6th. If Ruby cannot beat PHP so soon, it can struggle for the 6th position with the new Ruby Trio > **[Home](https://www.simplethread.com)** > > Digital product design and engineering for startups, investors, and enterprises. After having a look at all 6 blogs by Codethinked ( Comparing C# with IronRuby ) I am happy to see, how powerful IronRuby can be compared to C#. ---
**Author:** ![rahil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ebca7d/32.png) [@rahil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahil)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-is-on-9th-position-and-c-on-8th-as-per-tiobe-index/145278/2 "2008-08-07T14:28:48Z")
Rahil K. wrote: > more faster, and i can imagine, Ruby + IronRuby + Jruby ( Ruby Trio ) > can progress to 5th or 6th position soon. If you look at the ‘definition’ of Ruby for TIOBE it includes IronRUby and JRuby: [http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/tpci\_definition.htm](http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/tpci_definition.htm) TIOBE is _a_ measure of popularity. It you look at jobs available for the different languages on job aggregation sites then C# still hammers RUby (and Python!). Popularity (what people talk about) is different from what people use… Another interesting language popularity site (with a wider range of metrics than TIOBE) is: [http://www.langpop.com/](http://www.langpop.com/) C# does very poorly on their metrics… Michael F. > Currently php holds the 5th position and python is 6th. If Ruby cannot > beat PHP so soon, it can struggle for the 6th position with the new Ruby > Trio > > [http://www.codethinked.com/](http://www.codethinked.com/) > > After having a look at all 6 blogs by Codethinked ( Comparing C# with > IronRuby ) I am happy to see, how powerful IronRuby can be compared to > C#. – [http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/](http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/) [http://www.voidspace.org.uk/](http://www.voidspace.org.uk/) [http://www.trypython.org/](http://www.trypython.org/) [http://www.ironpython.info/](http://www.ironpython.info/) > **[ResolverHacks.net is for sale | HugeDomains](https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=resolverhacks.net)** > > Choosing the right domain name can be overwhelming. Our personalized customer service helps you get a great domain. [http://www.theotherdelia.co.uk/](http://www.theotherdelia.co.uk/) ---
**Author:** ![rahil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ebca7d/32.png) [@rahil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahil)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-is-on-9th-position-and-c-on-8th-as-per-tiobe-index/145278/3 "2008-08-07T15:16:57Z")
Michael F. wrote: > If you look at the ‘definition’ of Ruby for TIOBE it includes IronRUby > and JRuby: > > [http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/tpci\_definition.htm](http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/tpci_definition.htm) Thanks Michael for the information. After having a look at the Defination page, i was surprised to see, that Tiobe is considering IronRuby at this point. That’s an unfair practice, since IronRuby is still in alpha stage and not yet available for production stage. After IronRuby 1.0, the scenario will change a lot. ---
**Author:** ![rahil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ebca7d/32.png) [@rahil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahil)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-is-on-9th-position-and-c-on-8th-as-per-tiobe-index/145278/4 "2008-08-07T22:26:55Z")
Miguel de Icaza wrote: > > C# does very poorly on their metrics… > > Both Tiobe and Langpop search based on language, but they exclude the > term “.NET programming” which is a more general term that describes what > developers are used. It also describes every page in or referencing a page on a ‘.NET’ domain that uses the word programming… Michael > If you redo the tests from [langpop.com](http://langpop.com) in this way, .NET comes out side > by side with Java. > > * * * > > Ironruby-core mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core](http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core) – [http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/](http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/) [http://www.voidspace.org.uk/](http://www.voidspace.org.uk/) [http://www.trypython.org/](http://www.trypython.org/) [http://www.ironpython.info/](http://www.ironpython.info/) [http://www.theotherdelia.co.uk/](http://www.theotherdelia.co.uk/) > **[ResolverHacks.net is for sale | HugeDomains](https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=resolverhacks.net)** > > Choosing the right domain name can be overwhelming. Our personalized customer service helps you get a great domain. ---
**Author:** ![rahil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ebca7d/32.png) [@rahil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahil)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-is-on-9th-position-and-c-on-8th-as-per-tiobe-index/145278/5 "2008-08-07T22:20:29Z")
> C# does very poorly on their metrics… Both Tiobe and Langpop search based on language, but they exclude the term “.NET programming” which is a more general term that describes what developers are used. If you redo the tests from [langpop.com](http://langpop.com) in this way, .NET comes out side by side with Java.