On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Matthew Flaschen <mflasc...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Finally, I consider the "unreadable parser functions" problem essentially > solved. Lua is not perfect, but it's a usable language (and not a > Mediawiki-specific one) that is far more readable and writable than > complicated nested parser functions. > I see replacing "unreadable parser functions" with "Lua" as replacing one bad solution with a differently bad solution. Since the problems of the second are different from those of the first, it's possible to claim the second "solves the problems" of the first, but that's a bit lame. The problems of Lua should have been anticipated, and should have been avoided by finding a better solution; and settling for a differently bad solution is just a different way of settling for a bad solution. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
