Re: [OT] CDBI Wiki

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haha, this is the most inane and entertaining thread I have read in a  
while!!! Lemme add to it! Done.

On Jun 9, 2005, at 12:50 PM, Christopher Hicks wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, Tony Bowden wrote:
>
>> Because I want to use the best tools that are available. And for  
>> my money, the best wiki available at the minute is Media Wiki.
>>
>
> So I'd guess you're using Microsoft Office on the Mac if the "best"  
> tool is the only factor in your consideration.
>
>
>> How it's written, and in what language, has has somewhere very  
>> close to
>> zero relevance to me.
>>
>
> From that I would take it that proliferation of open source and  
> Perl is not of concern to you at all?
>
>
>> Looking at what I have open on my computer at the moment, I can  
>> confirm that, to the best of my knowledge, neither my  
>> wordprocessor, my spreadseet software, my web browser, nor my RSS  
>> aggregator are written in Perl either. I do not see this as a  
>> problem.
>>
>
> It isn't a problem partially because there is no Perl word  
> processor, spreadsheet or web browser.  If there were it still  
> wouldn't be a problem, but a factor relevant to many of us would be  
> encouraging software we can modify, that we like the design of,  
> that uses languages we're not ashamed of, and that uses tools we  
> find to be good.
>
> I've fallen in the trap of using PHP apps on a few occassions and I  
> really wish I had listened to my trepidation more before doing so.   
> I was able to get off the ground faster I admit, but the  
> maintenance and tweaking has taken an inordinately long and painful  
> time.  PHP projects and the language itself tend to emphasize  
> results over forethought and design which is ultimately a poor  
> bargain.  Perl and Class::DBI and Catalyst represent a better way  
> to do things.  Encouraging their proliferation is in the long-term  
> interests of us all.
>
> -- 
> </chris>
>
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
>