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The Language Project
Another Tale from Cyberia
The Python language was still hatching from its egg, when the World Wide Web (WWW or W3) started the revolution. The LAMP stack would not be ready right away, but when it was, Python was really lucky to be a P language.
The LAMP stack died with Ruby, but only after showing the way: from now one, we’d have stacks, lots and lots of them.
LAMP: Linux Apache MySQL and some language beginning with P.
Originally, that meant either PHP or Perl, but then Python came along. Ruby, based on Perl, wasn’t a P language (didn’t start with P), but was good enough to join the club at the language level.
MySQL had more competition from Postgres and eventually went over to the dark side.
What about Apache?
Both Linux and Apache were strong enough to serve as nuclei for Foundations, meaning umbrellas under which new projects could incubate. Many of Apache Foundation’s spawn became famous.
The Linux Foundation was no slouch either.
Many could tell the history of either better than I. My purpose is more just to spell out the jargon, so I can introduce some more jargon.
Remember all this software was free for the using and the economy helped itself. The ethic…
