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by master_oogway 3255 days ago
If you are writing RDBMS centric apps, the way your app interact with your DB matters a lot, maybe even more than choice of a programming language. This is where ruby has real superstars, Sequel and ActiveRecord. Nothing I've seen in other languages comes close to Sequel's power, expressiveness and flexibility to query databases. This is the main reason I use ruby. On top of that, ruby is so elegant, it often puts a smile on your face, when you realize how elegantly you have solved a particular problem.