How is Ruby Different in Japan? — Engineering Blog

I've had a few conversations recently where I say things like, "the Japanese Ruby community uses Ruby for different things than in America"... and I get blank stares. Specifically, I mention that America is very centered on Rails and web apps with Ruby. No surprise, right? "But then," people ask, "if they're not using Ruby for Rails, what do they do with it?" And why does anybody care? For the sam

[nilab]

"The American Ruby community mostly happened because of Rails. Yes, yes, Ruby had a long and storied history before Rails happened (and yes, it did.) But America finally noticed Ruby because of Rails."

[zonu_exe]

“government” は「政府」よりも「自治体」と訳した方が自然に読める (自信はない)

[massa142]

“why isn't Ruby perfectly optimized for Rails and Rails alone?”

[braitom]

アメリカと日本のRubyの扱いの違いについて。コミュニティーの違いなどが書かれている。

[yubessy]

「Rails以外で何にRuby使うの？」

[iga_k]

乱暴な要約「アメリカには島根がない」

[YassLab]

“One other major difference in the Japanese Ruby community is how centralized it is. Many of the core contributors like Koichi Sasada, Shyouhei Urabe, Yui Naruse, Zachary Scott and Akira Matsuda live within 10-15 minutes of each other and talk often.”