From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-09-28T02:30:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Recent Criticism about Ruby (Scalability, etc.)

On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 01:43:03AM +0900, Lloyd Linklater wrote:
> Chad Perrin wrote:
> 
> > Yes, he decided to write it himself -- after giving up on Rails, for
> > reasons that, as far as I'm aware, relate to the fact that it wasn't 
> > done in Rails after two years.
> 
> Actually, if I can be allowed to read between the lines, he went back 
> when his Ruby mentor left and he realized that he was not able to do it 
> in Ruby.  He went back to what he knew when he was left on his own.  He 
> sort of says that in the post.

Well . . . yes, but judging by the phrasing he considers the main reason
for switching back to PHP to be that Rails didn't get the job done in two
years of development.  He may well have stuck with Rails longer if the
"Ruby mentor" hadn't departed for greener pastures, but a lot of effort
seems to be spent in that piece on pointing out that he got done in a
very short time what Rails hadn't allowed in two years.

Note that I'm speaking of what the "analysis" seems to be saying, and not
my own opinions of what Rails can or cannot do.  It seems ridiculous to
me that someone couldn't build a working web app in two years, regardless
of the tool used in the development effort (as I've already said).

-- 
CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
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