This isn't MediaWiki history, but...
On 9/13/11 10:32 AM, Ashar Voultoiz wrote:
Historical notes:
- python2 was released in 2001 IIRC.
2000 actually. And if you were in the Python community you probably had been using 2.0-ish features via the __future__ interface.
- ruby was only known in Japan and was made known to occidental with
Ruby on Rails (2004-2005?).
The first english Ruby book, Programming Ruby (aka the Pickaxe Book), was published in 2001. But you're right that RoR greatly enhanced Ruby's popularity.
yet, it would be great to have his own explanation :b
As much as we all love to hate PHP, it was (and is) a good choice.