Perl plugins for a Haskell program?

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / todo / rewrite_ikiwiki_in_haskell / discussion.mdwn

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 > that are wiki compilers. Since we know from experience that dealing
 > with static compilation turns out to be one of the trickiest parts of
 > ikiwiki, I'm doubtful about trying to bolt that into one. --[[Joey]] 
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+>> Haykll isn't a wiki but it does do static compilation. The missing
+>> parts are: the web interface, the wiki link processing, and page
+>> dependency stuff. -- [[tychoish]]
+
+>>> (nods) Which is why I suggested it.  I'm not sure whether it would be easier to "bolt on" those things than static compilation, but it could be worth looking at, at least. -- [[KathrynAndersen]]
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+Rather than coding plugins for the Perl ikiwiki in Haskell, I wonder how easily a Haskell ikiwiki could still support plugins written in Perl? The (old and apparently stale) [HsPerl5](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/HsPerl5) package might provide a helpful starting point there. -- [[JoshTriplett]]