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> If they used an efficient language instead of PHP, that's well within the capability of a single modern server! Hm, since Wikipedia dumps are public, has any
by yoz-y 5y ago
> If they used an efficient language instead of PHP, that's well within the capability of a single modern server!
Hm, since Wikipedia dumps are public, has anybody tried? Moving wikipedia itself might be a large endeavor, but seeing some submissions on HN I think a very dedicated dev or two could possibly manage a rewrite to have a proof of concept.
- mschuster91 5y agoMediawiki markup language is not efficiently parse-able and extremely complex with lots of bolted-on features, which is why it took ages for the visual editor to be implemented as a prototype and to iron out the bugs. For any attempt at porting over MW, you will need to re-implement the whole parse/include stuff... and that is a lot of work, even for a proper team.
- bawolff 5y agoSo just steal the parser part