Re^2: perl and forums

The issue I have with YaBB is that SMF is a port of YaBB to PHP. So development has apparently stopped on PHP. That is not good from my point of view. So a perl alternative has to be vibrant and still under active development if I am to try and open negotiations with the hosting provider over an alternative. I suppose I am meeting the limits of my perlophilia.

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Re^3: perl and forums by assemble (Friar) on Jan 27, 2009 at 15:23 UTC
YaBB is still under active development. I know, because I'm one of the developers on the project ;-) We're focusing on the next major version which is a rewrite using much better coding standards. edit SMF used to be called YaBB SE, which was a direct port of YaBB to PHP. Development hasn't stopped on the PHP version of YaBB, because there never was a PHP version of YaBB. YaBB SE turned into SMF, mainly because they felt that people were prejudiced against YaBB, simply because it's Perl. If your web host is pushing for a non-Perl forum, ask them for their reasons, because we've (the dev team) seen--and refuted--them all.	[reply]

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Re^3: perl and forums
by assemble (Friar) on Jan 27, 2009 at 15:23 UTC

YaBB is still under active development. I know, because I'm one of the developers on the project ;-)

We're focusing on the next major version which is a rewrite using much better coding standards.

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SMF used to be called YaBB SE, which was a direct port of YaBB to PHP. Development hasn't stopped on the PHP version of YaBB, because there never was a PHP version of YaBB. YaBB SE turned into SMF, mainly because they felt that people were prejudiced against YaBB, simply because it's Perl.

If your web host is pushing for a non-Perl forum, ask them for their reasons, because we've (the dev team) seen--and refuted--them all.

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