Mostly for the newbies who stumbles into this NG, wondering what Ruby is 
all about...

Well, Ruby is the digital equivalent of a big smile!

The more I learn about Ruby (modules import, the ease of extending it in 
C/C++, closures, tight but readable syntax, everything works like one 
expects, etc etc etc), the bigger the smile on my face when coding...

Someone (I think at the ActiveGrid site: http://www.activegrid.com ) 
mentioned LAMP as the greatest thing open source had to offer!

I beg to differ!

Linux (ok, no problems there), the L of LAMP

Apache (ditto), the A of LAMP

MySql, the M of LAMP: I feel I just stepped into some dog poop; why on 
earth use this database, and paying for it, when you have PostgreSQL and 
Firebird http://firebird.sourceforge.net?

Perl/Python/Php, the P of LAMP: WHAT THE F**CK..... I have used Python 
in the past (before I got to know Ruby), and it's not bad, but Perl/Php???

Let's get rid of this LAMP thing, and instead start using LARF 
(Linux/Apache/Ruby/Firebird)... now there's a killer combination!

Baalbek