[TDP] On easy software deployment (was: Alternative to mark-uplanguages)

[Tom Novelli]

Hey Massimo,

Have a good time wherever you're going... we can pick up on this the
weekend after next.


> > Might OCAML be a useful language...?
>
> Do you have any particular reason for choosing OCAML?
>
> I cannot go into details about programming languages
> right now, I'm leaving. I think that we can continue
> to use Python at least in this phase (fully hosted).

Of course we'll stick with Python (and SQLite) for now.  Very good.  I
feel better about proceeding with this CMS now that you and Fare (and
presumably Armin) are on board.  I'll plan on testing it soon.

Some of OCAML's strong points: (1) Native code compiler with speed
approaching C, and (2) Static type checking catches more errors at
compile-time.  It's also primarily a functional language, which has
its pros and cons.

Python is more accessible to more people, which is important.  PyLint,
FastCGI, PARROT, PyPy, etc. could help to overcome some of Python's
limitations.

Tom