>If you guys are serious about anything, go look at ports-readmes. > >It does extract information from the ports tree, and creates readmes for >all ports. > >Currently, it's a static port. It could very well be a dynamic application. > >You can experiment with css, you can experiment with nginx. > >Preferably, don't add large dependencies (python or ruby out of the question), >write it as a perl fcgi or something, you can use Plack or Catalyst or >whatever.
If you're considering dynamic pages (which I'm not advocating) you may want to consider Lua. It's tiny, fast, easy to sandbox security & memory-wise, had stable syntax over-time and its manual is a K&R-thin 100 pages. Unlike most languages it's meant to be embedded into existing code rather than run stand-alone; its 3rd party library is minuscule and optional. Wikipedia's switching to Lua for their templates, other famous users are nmap, wireshark, snort, openwrt, world of warcraft & crysis. Obviously if maintainers' know-how is overwhelmingly perl then it's not worth it. /my 2 cents of a Peseta - no language flame war pls. -- p
