Lyle Johnson wrote:
> On 4/2/07, Kis GellñÓt Imre <kis.gellert / hev.ahh.gov.hu> wrote:
> 
>> i see in rubyforge this URL:
>> http://rubyforge.org/snippet/browse.php?by=lang&lang=17
>>
>> what is the php tag in the url?
>> if this is a ruby-website, why they are run php, not ruby?
> 
> I think the short answer is that, at the time RubyForge was
> established, the most appropriate software for running a site like it
> was GForge -- which happens to be written in PHP (and other languages,
> as I recall). There are at least a few possible Ruby-based
> replacements (like RedMine?) that are now available, but I can only
> imagine how much of a task it would be to migrate all of the existing
> projects hosted by RubyForge to a different system.
> 
> By the way -- what language is your e-mail client written in? You
> *did* use a Ruby-based e-mail program to post your message, didn't
> you? ;)

But, *horror*, isn't the ruby-talk mailing list powered by Python?

James Britt