How to determine what language site is written in?

Hey guys,

I am curious if there is anyway to figure out what language a site is written in, php, python, ruby etc...

Just curious what a site like technorati.com / feedburner.com would be written in.

Thanks!

 

You can't.

You can look at the file extensions, but again some might not have file extensions or remoded file extensions.

Peace,

 

Yes, it could be pretty hard to tell.

On some sites I:

- remove the extension all together
- create a uniquie extension
- force the extension to be .htm though in reality it's a cgi or php script

 

mostly the file extensions

but some times u can come to know if its php seeing the site

 

Looking at response headers can help sometimes as well, especially if it's between PHP and ASP, as those are in most cases exclusive.

 

generally u can identify by file name extension.
but some people love to hide that extensions...and making directory of that.. or creating their own MIME types... or even they do url rewriting