[WikiEN-l] MediaWiki is getting a new programming language

[Steve Bennett]

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Brian<Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Thomas Dalton<thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2009/7/1 Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu>:
>>> They are going to add something like PHP/Python/Lua so that you can
>>> program the encyclopedia. If you want to participate in the
>>> conversation you should join wikitech-l. Cheers ;)
>>
>> "Program the encyclopaedia"? At least try and give people a meaningful
>> idea of what the thread you are pointing them towards is about...
>
> Dude. Go nitpick someone else.

Here's the quick summary: The senior techie MediaWiki people (Brion
Vibber, Tim Starling et al) are discussing alternatives to the current
ad-hoc templating language, including Python, PHP, Lua and server side
JavaScript. No decisions have been made, and nothing may eventuate,
but with Brion's support, something is sure to happen.

The thread is "On templates and programming languages" on Wikitech-L.

Steve