# Why did Rails get created?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-did-rails-get-created/123071>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 13, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-did-rails-get-created/123071 "2007-12-13T20:39:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![desbest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@desbest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/desbest)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-did-rails-get-created/123071/1 "2007-12-13T20:39:27Z")

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Why did rails get created?  
The creator (David Heinemeiner Hanson) already knows php. (http://  
[Getting Real](http://gettingreal.37signals.com/toc.php))

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**Author:** ![desbest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@desbest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/desbest)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-did-rails-get-created/123071/2 "2007-12-13T21:19:53Z")

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desbest wrote:

> Why did rails get created?  
> The creator (David Heinemeiner Hanson) already knows php. (http://  
> [Getting Real](http://gettingreal.37signals.com/toc.php))

Why did you bother to get your driver’s license when you already knew  
how to ride a bicycle?

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**Author:** ![desbest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@desbest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/desbest)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-did-rails-get-created/123071/3 "2007-12-14T00:06:35Z")

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On 12/13/07, desbest [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Why did rails get created?  
> The creator (David Heinemeiner Hanson) already knows php. (http://  
> [Getting Real](http://gettingreal.37signals.com/toc.php))

It was extracted from an app he wrote several years ago.

–  
Rick O.  
[http://lighthouseapp.com](http://lighthouseapp.com)  
[http://weblog.techno-weenie.net](http://weblog.techno-weenie.net)  
[http://mephistoblog.com](http://mephistoblog.com)

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**Author:** ![desbest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@desbest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/desbest)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-did-rails-get-created/123071/4 "2007-12-14T01:49:44Z")

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Because the bicycle couldn’t carry a 24-can box of Coca Cola up the  
hill.

On Dec 14, 2007 6:49 AM, Ilan B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).
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–  
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