From: Dr Balwinder S Dheeman Date: 2005-04-23T13:44:32+09:00 Subject: Re: [ANN] the Ruby Programming Shop On 04/23/2005 02:10 AM, James Britt wrote: > mark sparshatt wrote: >> I don't mean to alarm you but Rubyforge uses the Gforge system which >> is written in PHP ;-) >> >> >> If I was to hazard a guess as to why I'd say becuase reusing a system >> written in PHP, perl or python rather than rewriting them in ruby >> meant there was more time available for administering the site. > > > This has been discussed before, and while eating your own dog food is > strongly encouraged, there are certain practical aspects. Ruby versions > of mailman or gforge would be sweet, but I'd rather see people spend > time breaking new ground or filling current needs where there are no > suitable applications. > > I believe, though, that the perl-based wiki will be replaced with a Ruby > one before too long. It definitely should; Though I'm a newbie, but I have learned (you may please read it as read) somewhere from (and, or in) the Ruby documents that Ruby outperforms many other scripting and, or interpreted languages. -- Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman Registered Linux User: #229709 CLLO (Chief Linux Learning Officer) Machines: #168573, 170593, 259192 Anu's Linux@HOME Distros: Ubuntu, Fedora, Knoppix More: http://anu.homelinux.net/~bsd/ Visit: http://counter.li.org/