From: julik <listbox@...>
Date: 2007-09-27T14:34:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Recent Criticism about Ruby (Scalability, etc.)

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On Sep 27, 2007, at 12:43 AM, Chad Perrin wrote:

> I'm confused.  If it worked . . . why did he throw it away and redo  
> it in
> PHP?

Because he was able to do it himself, and then both _read_ the code  
and _rewrite_ it.
Please read http://www.zedshaw.com/essays/c2i2_hypothesis.html,  
Gadfly Festival section,
and all on the Big Rewrite by Chad Fowler. In this case PHP was a  
(roughly and not at all harshly pat) alternative
for an Excel spreasdheet with VBA macros - the issue of ownership I  
guess. Nothing critical.
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