On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 09:05:51PM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote:
> Ian Brayshaw sent the following bits through the ether:
>
> > Given the current discussion (and lack of conclusion, despite the
> > statement that 'the issue has been done to death') on the London.pm
> > mailing list, I think it is a bit premature for London.pm, as a group,
> > to make such a public statement on the website.
>
> If you don't think that there has been a conclusion to the templating
> thread, please mail me off-list.
I too have seen no conclusion. I think people stopped discussing it
because they got bored of the discussion not going anywhere.
> In fact, I'm going to take a straw poll of the templating systems
> people use and like or dislike. Please send me a simple mail to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] of the format: "I use TT and I like it" or "I use
> Embperl and I don't like it". I will post a summary tomorrow of the
> replies.
A somewhat biassed survey - and in any case, so what if lots of people do
say they like it? That still doesn't mean that we reached a conclusion.
I for one remain to be convinced that TT is as fantastic as people say it
is, as, it appears, do plenty of others.
FWIW though, I don't use TT because I don't see the point. I do use a
home-brew embperl-a-like cos it does the job.
> I disagree. The point of the webpage is to place our distilled
> knowledge in an easily-available place. We should not rehash arguments
> on the webpage: it's a summary.
Very well. A more accurate summary would be "whichever suits your needs
best. You don't really think that a bunch of random people who have no
idea what you want to do will be able to answer this one do you? Here's
a few you might want to consider: Template Toolkit, Mason, yadda yadda
yadda".
> o it is not Perl (yes, we can argue on this point, but let's not)
No, lets. You don't win arguments by defining certain contentious issues
as being out-of-bounds.
I remain open to persuasion, but haven't yet been convinced that I should
spend any time with it, let alone that it is a better solution for anything
I want to do than the competition.
<stokes fires>
>From here, it looks like TT is a bit of a cult. As is XP*. Like other
cults, it probably has a few good points, but as a whole, I don't think
either of 'em stand up.
</stoke>
* - you won't see the advantages until you try it in its entirety! Sound
familiar? "Of course Xenu exists and created the world in seven days, you
just have to have faith"!
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