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

[Aryeh Gregor]

On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:15 PM, <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
> Rather I would advocate a system which is as easy to use as we can make it.
>  Not as hard as we can imagine it.

I would recommend that the criterion used be "as easy as possible for
the community to maintain".  Languages that are harder for beginners
are in many cases easier to use in the long run.  Compare VB or PHP to
. . . any language people actually like.  :)