Python vs.

Ruby: Four Weeks on Hacker News

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This graph shows the presence of Python and Ruby articles on the front page of Hacker News. Front page presence is derived from each article's number of upvotes, number of comments, and rank on the front page. Each bar on the graph links to the Hacker News discussion page for that article. From that page, you can click a direct link to the article iteself. This graph was made as a simple experiment about which language figures more prominently on Hacker News, Python or Ruby. You can read a full description of this project at peak5390.wordpress.com.

Top 10 Articles (with links to HN discussion pages

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HN: script Excel with Python 2: Virtualenv to be part of Python 3.3 3: Why Django Sucks 4: SQL Injection Vulnerability in Rails 5: Ruby on Rails Tutorial screencasts, 2nd edition 6: Light Table funding successful, including Python support (over $300k raised) 7: New to Ruby? 15 tips for the new Rubyist. 8: PostgreSQL when it is not your job [DjangoCon] 9: Python for Data Analysis (new O\u0027Reilly book from creator of Pandas) 10: Light Table: 24 Hours to Get Another $7000 in the Kickstarter for Python Support