# Twitter's Ruby-to-Java change does not prove that Ruby is inferior

DevFeed: [Twitter's Ruby-to-Java change does not prove that Ruby is inferior](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/twitter-drops-ruby-the-bullshit-37865.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://carlosbecker.com/posts/twitter-drops-ruby-bullshit/>)

Author: Carlos Alexandro Becker

Published: 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Carlos Becker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/carlos-becker.md>)

Topics: [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>), [MySQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mysql.md>)

Tags: [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [mysql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mysql.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalability.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that Twitter's move from Ruby to Java and its reported performance gains do not establish that Ruby is an inferior language. It contrasts scalability, performance, readability, and productivity, and cautions against drawing conclusions from assumptions about Twitter's technical problems.

## Source excerpt

This post is about the Twitter change from Ruby to Java, some years ago, fact that, sadly, is still being used by some people to say that Ruby sucks and Java is the best language in the world.