From: Jeremy Tregunna <jtregunna@...>
Date: 2006-11-08T12:56:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Why create web servers?


On 06-11-07, at 22:26, CatLady [] wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Im just starting to get my feet wet with Ruby amd im having trouble
> understanding why someone would want to implement there own web  
> server.
>
> I know theres a WEBrick object and a few others out there that  
> allow you
> to create web servers with ease, but why would anyone want to do that
> when theres stable and fully featured servers already out there?

Why would you ever want to implement almost anything then? It's  
surely all been done before. Quite simply, either the existing  
products don't mesh well with peoples goals, they just want to learn  
how to build something like a web server, ease of integration into  
their application (though this kinda fits in with my first point), or  
hell, every now and then you need to just re-invent the wheel; if for  
no other reason than to kill some time.

Surely, you've re-invented the wheel at some point in your life,  
don't be so quick to criticize.

--
Jeremy Tregunna
jtregunna@blurgle.ca