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1st December 2007 - Link Blog

BBC Radio Labs: Perl on Rails. BBC engineered built their own Rails clone in Perl to fit in with the BBC’s engineering infrastructure—it’s already running the new programmes guide.

Posted 1st December 2007 at 1 am

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