On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Paul Miller <listm...@voltar-confed.org> wrote: > If the website for it doesn't have some > kind of demo and in fact uses mostly PHP code, what good is the lib.
I understand your point and it has some validity. But, that's not what Lyle said, and I was addressing. He said he "loathes Perl sites using PHP." That's significantly broader than a library site (for web development) using PHP. However, the dilemma is much the same. A goal to showcase C::A will be detrimental to the goals David enumerated at the beginning of this topic. There's no way you can realistically create a wiki with the features that mediaWiki has. Nor a forum with the features of phpbb (if you want to capitalize on the attributes of discussion participants to reduce wiki spam.). The fewer the features (and community), the fewer people participating as moderators, less robust anti-spam techniques, etc. I agree that it would be more consistent to have a wiki (and forum) written with C::A. But, Lyle said he'd settle for just Perl. So, we've already established a level of pragmatism. It's just a matter of how much pragmatism as someone balances the goals originally stated versus the ideals that C::A is "better" than anything else. Personally, I don't think it undermines C::A's credibility that there's not a widespread wiki or forum written in it. Not using the best tools just because it would admit reality (that the best tools aren't written using C::A) shouldn't be threatening. It's just reality. The question, to me, is whether to use the best tools for the job (wiki, forum, etc.). But, if C::A's community is small and that's a contributing factor to why widely used tools (wiki, forum) aren't written in C::A, then I guess it doesn't matter if a wiki (and forum) are written in C::A for demonstration purposes. However, there will be more problems with spam and participation (due to lack of features). The goals would be different than that which was first stated in this topic. Mark ##### CGI::Application community mailing list ################ ## ## ## To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options, ## ## visit: http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp ## ## ## ## Web archive: http://www.erlbaum.net/pipermail/cgiapp/ ## ## Wiki: http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/ ## ## ## ################################################################