From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-08-12T19:21:11+09:00
Subject: Re: What are people using Ruby for?


"David Garamond" <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:411B3C52.9030705@zara.6.isreserved.com...
> Sascha Ebach wrote:
> > And of course the famous site:
http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?RealWorldRuby
> >
> > There are lots of examples of Real World Ruby Usage.
>
> One area which amazingly hasn't been conquered after years and years is
> the popular, widely deployed applications. Where are the Ruby Mailmans,
> PHPBBs, Movable Type's, and GForges? :-)

It's probably an economic reason: it's usually far more effort to
reimplement something in a new language instead of extending and
maintaining something existing.

Kind regards

    robert