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Ohloh.net

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:30 pm
by Chris Corbyn
Anyone ever seen this? It's like Digg, but for Open Source Projects. I just found it whilst checking my own Google ratings.

http://www.ohloh.net/

Looks pretty cool. You can upload your own project and they'll analyse what percentage is comments, what the SLOC count is and a few other things such as lifetime and team size. People "Stack It!" if they like it :P

EDIT | :lol: http://www.ohloh.net/articles/php_eats_rails

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:34 pm
by RobertGonzalez
I just signed up. And I love that article.

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:42 pm
by Xoligy
Anyone could have told you that, but the real question is, is Ruby a more efficient and powerful language?

More and more developers and hosts are switching to it, so it is soon growing.

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:56 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Just because people and hosts are switching to it, and it is growing, doesn't make it a more powerful language.

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:42 pm
by Maugrim_The_Reaper
The problem with Ruby is that it was too late out the publicity door - PHP5 quite firmly proved Ruby's undoing, at least for the moment, since it upped the ante with the improved OOP support and could leverage off a much larger installed base. Ruby is not just a web application language, a distinction which does it quite a disservice if not noted. I quite like Ruby, but it often feels a bit duplicative for web apps. Do I really need to gain as much experience in Ruby, as I have spent years gaining in PHP? It's like having two hammers and one nail - only both hammers can be used in much the same way and the differences between them are hard to outweigh either as the best option to hit that nail. One might have a more elegant handle and some neat properties, but the other is well worn, familiar and unlikely to miss. The closer PHP converges towards the killer Ruby and RoR combo, the more likely it is the differences will boil down to something more easily assessed. Hopefully this might eradicate those ludicrous articles comparing PHP to Ruby on Rails - and shift to people with a brain comparing PHP + <insert framework> to Ruby on Rails. I have to admit I have bad thoughts about people who compare a low level language to a full framework and think that justifies anything :roll: ...

An interesting question though - how much effect will Ruby availability have if hosts continue to persist PHP4? I can see folk more willing to use Ruby for open source projects if its install base outmanoeuvres PHP5/6 and given its OO advantages over PHP4. I think that's one particular danger to PHP of a spreading Ruby installed base.