I think it's still easier to find hosted webspace with PHP than with Python (or has that changed recently?). For those who prefer Python, Python-based Wiki engines do exist, most notably MoinMoin (am I allowed to mention this here ;-)?).
-- StefCT On 09/06/2013 02:52 PM, michael paulukonis wrote: > There are thousands of person-hours involved in the coding of PmWiki core, > not to mention the extensions. > Rewriting PmWiki in another language means all of that coding testing and > debugging has to be replicated. > In order to get around one bug. > > Python may be a good learning language, but if you want a real language you > should use Lisp! > Or Scheme. > > Or Perl, since it's more similar to PHP. I'm not sure if PM has any > experience with Perl, though. > > (THAT IS A JOKE) > > -Michael Paulukonis > http://www.xradiograph.com > <http://goog_2112721603>Interference Patterns (a > blog)<http://www.xradiograph.com%5Cinterference> > @XraysMonaLisa <https://twitter.com/XraysMonaLisa> > http://michaelpaulukonis.com > <http://www.BestAndroidResources.com> > > Sent from somewhere in the Cloud > (hearthrug, by the fender) > > > On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 1:11 AM, John Rankin <john.ran...@affinity.co.nz>wrote: > >> >>> Rich writes: >>>> Using latest release (pmwiki-2.2.54) and even with the ignore statement >>>> I >>>> continue to get this error with PHP 5.5.1. Any progress or suggestions? >>> >>> ... >>> >>> Also, the feature is deprecated in PHP 5.5, but not removed, and probably >>> will not be removed any time soon. What should we do? >> >> Would it be feasible to do a straight port of PmWiki to Python, leaving >> the current php version as a legacy implementation? >> >> I understand and agree with the reasons for originally choosing php, but >> that was then and this is now. This is anecdote rather than evidence, but >> I know several people who are teaching Python to their teenage children as >> a first programming language, "so they learn good habits". >> >> This would obviously break the Cookbook recipes, but so would changing the >> php code, as Petko notes. >> >> Could someone with a knowledge of Python advise whether it would be >> practical and sensible to re-implement the PmWiki design? Alternatively, >> an answer along the lines of "Dumb idea because ..." would help. >> >> JR >> -- >> John Rankin >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pmwiki-devel mailing list >> pmwiki-devel@pmichaud.com >> http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-devel >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > pmwiki-devel mailing list > pmwiki-devel@pmichaud.com > http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-devel >
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