I think this depends a lot on what you're looking for. I love lisp, but I wouldn't bet a startup on it. Ruby/Rails is simply too complete to use something else.
Bliss could come from a combination of the two, however.
I disagree; Clojure on Google App Engine is a pretty solid platform for web development,and by now there's a lot of online help to get you started.
But your first sentence says it all - depends on what you're looking for. If you're outside of the cloud (by choice or necessity) Ruby/Rails, Python/Django, or even Groovy/Grails are all tough to beat.
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I think this depends a lot on what you're looking for. I love lisp, but I wouldn't bet a startup on it. Ruby/Rails is simply too complete to use something else.
Bliss could come from a combination of the two, however.
I disagree; Clojure on Google App Engine is a pretty solid platform for web development,and by now there's a lot of online help to get you started.
But your first sentence says it all - depends on what you're looking for. If you're outside of the cloud (by choice or necessity) Ruby/Rails, Python/Django, or even Groovy/Grails are all tough to beat.
Yeah, its just the whole "there are lots of gems" argument, and ruby is a pretty nice language anyway.