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

[wjhonson at aol.com]

 Of course you've hit the nail right on the head.
I don't think we want to create a brand-new additional language that people have to learn just to code for Wikipedia.? What we'd want to do, is use an existing language, so that some people can jump right in with both feet and others, who want to, can pick up an instruction manual and start stabbing about.




If you'd like to propose a BASIC syntax for the tools we need, that
might make the argument more cogent and viable.  Of necessity you need
to base that on a BASIC which is freeware and portable.



 


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com>
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Mon, Jul 6, 2009 12:24 pm
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] MediaWiki is getting a new programming language










On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:01 PM, <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
> The reason BASIC was and still enjoys wide popularity is because it's
> easier to learn.

I don't know that BASIC in any of its flavors lines up well with the
functional requirements needed for easy (compact, easy to read, easy
to learn how to program) template structure and so forth.

If you'd like to propose a BASIC syntax for the tools we need, that
might make the argument more cogent and viable.  Of necessity you need
to base that on a BASIC which is freeware and portable.


-- 
-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com

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