From: Doug Phillips <DPhillips@...>
Date: 2007-06-06T00:07:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Calling Perl Modules from ruby

> I'm trying to convert what we have in Perl to Ruby, but the 
> folks who maintain the perl are nervous of a re-write...let 
> alone the time it would take to do it.
> 
> This is custom perl stuff.  I don't believe it is 
> proprietary, however.

If what you have in perl is working, why go through the hassle to
rewrite?