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@@ -36,12 +36,14 @@ In general, we favor mature and well-tested old things rather than the shiny new. Avoid relying on compiled modules too much. Even if it is Free, -compiled code makes packages more expensive to audit, build, and +compiled code makes packages more expensive to audit, build, distribute and verify. public-inbox itself will only be implemented in scripting languages (currently Perl 5). Performance should be reasonably good for server administrators, too, and we will sacrifice features to achieve predictable performance. +Encouraging folks to self-host will be easier with lower hardware +requirements. See design_www.txt and design_notes.txt in the Documentation/ directory for design decisions made during development. |