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by Ben Hosking.
Original Post: Why is Ruby on Rails called Ruby on Rails
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I often find it quite tricky to get to the information about naming, it's hard to know what to type in but in this case RoR had a very good website and I would recommend you head on over that way to see what the fuss about Ruby on Rails is all about.
The money quote
Ruby on Rails is gets its name because it's programmed in the language Ruby and has an MVC web framework called Rails which is written in Ruby.
"R for Ruby, a play on Struts, and I liked the sound of it ;)."
The last question I suppose is how long has it been going for, well according to the FAQ it had been used before but wasn't released until 24th of July 2004. Which is quite surprising at how popular it has become in such a short space of time.
Finally who should we thank for Ruby on Rails, direct your clapping over to
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