https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19298
--- Comment #18 from Aryeh Gregor <[email protected]> 2009-06-22 21:37:11 UTC --- (In reply to comment #16) > Am I the only one who looks at Lua and wonders how on Earth that is better? > > I don't think embedding an entire programming language, complete with its own > syntax conventions, function library, recursion, multi-threading, and > everything else can possibly qualify as a usability enhancement. Yes, the > code > will almost certainly be arranged in a cleaner and more logical fashion, but > the barrier to be able to edit that code will be just as high if not worse > simply because you are forcing people to learn a whole new syntax and function > set. I'm not sure whose sanity is supposed to be preserved by Lua, either. Clearly, it's not the average user, who can't program and won't be able to work in Lua any more than in parser functions. But if we're trying to preserve the sanity of template hackers, then it seems a little unreasonable to do so even over their own objections. They'd all love StringFunctions, apparently, sanity-threatening or not. I feel like the issue here is that some people, as programmers, don't want to have anything to do with encouraging a hacky, awful macro language that's painful for *them* to even think about. I really can't find anyone's sanity being preserved other than the MediaWiki developers' here. I haven't seen usability objections to StringFunctions from *anyone* but MW developers, none of whom are actually involved in template editing on the wikis in question. But that's just my opinion. :) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
