2010/3/28 Ted Smith <[email protected]> > On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 10:49 -0400, Matt Lee wrote: > > On 03/28/2010 07:42 AM, Henry Litwhiler wrote: > > > > > The Python application wouldn't display things to the browser, and I'm > > > not saying that we use Python to replace PHP's role as our web > > > application language - instead, we can use it to manage the backend > > > communications between GNU Social users. > > > > What backend though? The user must be able to run a complete GNU social > > system in a browser, on commodity web hosting, in PHP. > > > > I don't see what Python can do that PHP can't. > > > > Python can provide a platform for developing software intended to run on > personal computers, not web hosting. I think a lot of people (myself > included) see more value in a truly p2p GNU Social, and that means > running on personal computers. Python fits that better than PHP. > > Maybe this is something that should be discussed in its own thread, so > that we can reach consensus on this specific issue. >
+1 own thread
