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I'm pretty sure they're referencing the Old Spice commercials and the similarity to 'Ruby on Rails' is only coincidental. The framework itself looks nothing lik
by Scriptor 16y ago
I'm pretty sure they're referencing the Old Spice commercials and the similarity to 'Ruby on Rails' is only coincidental. The framework itself looks nothing like Rails.
- jamesbritt 16y agoReally? Oh. Tivo means I watch very few commercials ...
- jhpriestley 16y agoI haven't actually seen those commercials. The name is a pun of "Ruby on Rails". I intended the name to draw a contrast, not to suggest a similarity! The metaphor of 'rails' is that ruby development is sped up by being kept on a particular track ('convention over configuration') - there is also a connotation of industrial strength, power, etc. A person on a horse calls to mind the opposite characteristics: exploratory, unconstrained, human.
- jamesbritt 16y agoI see. My first impression was that this was to be an attempt to be Rails-like in some fashion. If you want to be distinct from Rails (and any other framework) perhaps pick a name that doesn't call to mind any comparisons. Anyways, this looks interesting.
- dons 16y agoOh, I had also assumed you were referring to the Old Spice commercials. So sclv's comment made no sense? ... http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/cuq2u/haskell_on_a_horse_a_new_web_framework_based_on/c0vf545 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/cuq2u/haskell_o...
- jhpriestley 16y agoWell, I found his comment pretty funny, but I had to google it first to figure out what he was talking about.