From: Lyle Johnson <lyle.johnson@...>
Date: 2007-04-03T00:25:44+09:00
Subject: Re: PHP in rubyforge?

On 4/2/07, Kis Gell�rt Imre <kis.gellert@hev.ahh.gov.hu> wrote:

> i see in rubyforge this URL:
> http://rubyforge.org/snippet/browse.php?by=lang&lang=17
>
> what is the php tag in the url?
> if this is a ruby-website, why they are run php, not ruby?

I think the short answer is that, at the time RubyForge was
established, the most appropriate software for running a site like it
was GForge -- which happens to be written in PHP (and other languages,
as I recall). There are at least a few possible Ruby-based
replacements (like RedMine?) that are now available, but I can only
imagine how much of a task it would be to migrate all of the existing
projects hosted by RubyForge to a different system.

By the way -- what language is your e-mail client written in? You
*did* use a Ruby-based e-mail program to post your message, didn't
you? ;)