How can I find out which programming language was used to write any web site?

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If there is no file extension on the end of the URL, how can I find out which programming language - PHP, .Net, ASP, etc. - was used to write a particular website?

For example - www.andromeda.mn.

Answers:

uptime.netcraft.com/ -- Dave Webb

builtwith.com -- Jason M

Insert after url ?=PHPE9568F34-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 -- thomasrutter

using HTTP header viewer tool -- thomasrutter

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