From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2009-03-10T20:38:13+09:00
Subject: Re: What are the 5 most innovative ruby projects/libraries?

s.ross wrote:
> On Mar 8, 2009, at 9:03 PM, Phlip wrote:
> 
>> Rails can't possibly innovate because it has only one purpose in the  
>> world - linking SQL (a preexisting innovation) to HTML (another  
>> preexisting innovation).
> 
> That's like saying that the maglev trains can't be innovative because  
> they link preexisting train stations. What's innovative about maglev  
> is that it allows trains to achieve higher velocity through the use of  
> innovative technology. That argument could be made for Rails. The  
> trains ran before ... they just run faster now (or maybe they get  
> built faster, or fail less often, or ...).

You snipped the comparison to Shoes, whereas Rails to Shoes goes like maglev to 
teleportation...