[WikiEN-l] MediaWiki is getting a new programming language
Neil Harris
usenet at tonal.clara.co.uk
Wed Jul 8 10:23:36 UTC 2009
wjhonson at aol.com wrote:
> My entire point Neil was simply that, "short-time-to-learn" should also be a consideration.? To me, a language that borrows heavily from an *already known* source like English or even BASIC is easier to learn, than one which requires that every command be learned again without any prior foundation.? I am not a subscriber to tech.? I don't think I want to be.
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Wikitech-l is undoubtedly the right forum for this discussion, so we
really should continue this discussion there.
I find it rather difficult to understand exactly what you want here.
Could you please give an example, even a rough one, of the sort of
syntax you are proposing?
For example, how would you write something like, say, this artificial
example:
{{#switch:
{{#iferror: {{#expr: {{{1}}} + {{{2}}} }} | error | correct }}
| error = that's an error
| correct = {{{1}}} + {{{2}}} = {{#expr: {{{1}}} + {{{2}}} }}}}
in your new notation?
-- Neil
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