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		swalsh on July 7, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YC startups that are hiring I wrote C# for 8 years, but switched to Ruby after following an my boss to a new startup that is using Ruby. I advocated for years about how great .net is (and the tools still are the best), but if i'm being honest here. Ruby really is a lot quicker for prototyping. It's the perfect fit for startups.

victor9000 on July 7, 2015 | [–]

Can you elaborate on the benefits of using ruby for prototyping? What's easier to do in ruby?

HOLYCOWBATMAN on July 8, 2015 | | [–]

Getting runtime errors.

But seriously if you want something quicker than c# for prototyping just switch to F#. Ruby has only downsides.

bliti on July 8, 2015 | [–]

OT: Do give Elixir a try. It's like am erlang with ruby syntax.

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