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

[Charles Matthews]

Sheldon Rampton wrote:
> Twenty years ago there were similar debates about WYSIWYG with regard  
> to word processors, just as there were debates about whether command- 
> line DOS was better or worse than the GUI that Apple introduced with  
> Macintosh computers. 
Interesting to think what one couldn't prove with some argument from the 
history of technology. Automatic transmission didn't replace the gear 
lever. As far as I can see (which may be household dependent) remote 
controls proliferate and get harder to use (sometimes there seem to be 
five to choose from), and the same might be true of phones. I think 
arguments from the period when the PC was moving onto every desk in the 
workplace are a little special. I imagine MediaWiki will get WYSIWYG 
simply because the project sounds like a good idea and will get funded.

Charles