On: Upgrading GitHub from Rails 3.2 to 5.2

[jacob019]

Not sure what you mean. A basic HTTP webserver can be implemented in a couple dozen lines of code using only sockets in most languages. Something more complex requires more code, which is often packed into a "framework", it doesn't belong baked into the language.

[j45 → jacob019]

Ruby uses a framework like Rails to reach the web more effectively.

Python can use a framework like Django to reach the web more effectively.

Compared to..

A language like PHP in the beginning was more directly coupled to the web (for better or worse).