On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Ashar Voultoiz <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 13/09/11 14:56, David Gerard wrote:
> <snip>
> > I want Magnus to tell the story of just why it's in PHP. Possibly in
> > section 2 of that page ;-)
>
> Because wikipedia used UseMode wiki written in Perl which IMO is worse
> than PHP.
>
>
See also the section in an archived project page regarding the "Phase II"
software:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:PHP_script_FAQ#Why_are_we_using_PHP_instead_of_Perl.3F



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Krinkle
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