4 responses so far ↓

• 1 Cozmo Sep 14, 2007 at 11:17 AM

  Never heard of you. You make internets or something?

• 2 Jeff Porten Sep 14, 2007 at 1:26 PM

  I understand quasipopularity can be perfectly measured on a Heisenberg scale.

• 3 Peter Bell Sep 19, 2007 at 9:55 AM

  Well, according to Merriam Webster:
  
  http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/quasi
  
  Quasi means:
  1 : having some resemblance usually by possession of certain attributes <a quasi corporation>
  
  So a M2 afficianado might suggest it resembles a framework, but without the flexibility of distinguishing listeners from filters required for more complex apps.
  
  A Fuseboxer might suggest it resembles a framework but without the ease of use required for non-OO programmers to work with it.
  
  A Model-gluer on the other hand would no doubt suggest that it resembled a framework in that it allowed you to create quality apps quicker and more efficiently and it was only missing the b*llsh!t and cult like status of frameworks like RoR.
  
  :->
  
  

• 4 Danny Sep 19, 2007 at 3:44 PM

  RoR b*llshit? That statement requires elucidation from Peter Bell.
  I've worked on model-glue and RoR and found RoR to be simple, concise and capable (This makes no statement about mg). I lost XML configuration files and gained a console to run code in and gained a first-rate ORM (mg, I'm talking to you). RoR's MVCness is lucidly designed and easy to follow.
  The 'cult' you speak of is really quite nice. They only ask that you sacrifice your allegiance to a specific technology. Furthermore, I think to wholly align yourself to a specific technology, cf or ruby or x, is to subordinate yourself to it.

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