On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Ashar Voultoiz hashar+wmf@free.fr wrote:
On 13/09/11 14:56, David Gerard wrote:
<snip> > I want Magnus to tell the story of just why it's in PHP. Possibly in > section 2 of that page ;-)
Because wikipedia used UseMode wiki written in Perl which IMO is worse than PHP.
See also the section in an archived project page regarding the "Phase II" software:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:PHP_script_FAQ#Why_are_we_using_PHP_i...
-- Krinkle