I should have put the smiley face closer to the conspiracy statement. That was a joke.
I think having $ in a tag is a skewed perception of a tag. I have only ever seen such things in scripts or macros. I can't remember using a $ in anything but a scripting language (personally). Anyway, I just look at those tags and cringe. Wonder why they couldn't have been written like, well, a real tag? I am just trying to understand and play devil's advocate kinda like Ranko did and therefore why I mentioned him in my original message. Just something I don't see the point in (these untags) and so wondered what others thought. I guess I should have waited until Friday when people are in a more jovial mood. -----Original Message----- From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 10:27 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Ranko like question: What is the sense of some of these tags libs ? --- "Bailey, Shane C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As Ranko asked, about the redundancy of Struts I would like to know that > the > heck is the deal with SOME of these tag libs out there? > > I mean, look at this: <c:if test="${index%2==0}"> and look at this: <% > if(index.intValue()%2==0){ %> > > I like NOT to use Java scriptlets in my JSPs and I am pretty decent at > achieving that but > > if my only resolve of using a "tag" is to have it look like CODE and not > a > true tag why > > have people (code maintainers and the original coder in the first place) > learn a new "language" > > and just use a scriptlet? If you extend your example to use nested properties, maps, lists, etc you will start to see why the <c:if> tag is easier. > > Seeing $var like tag code that makes me think this is some sort of > conspiracy so that all the > > UNIX admins, with their UNIX scripts, who needed new jobs, since WinTel > is > taking over, This is a rather skewed perception of reality. David > starting > > writing "tag" libraries. > > > > I mean really, what is the deal with these so called "tags" that aren't > tags? > > JavaScript was cool when it came out (and wasn't developed by Sun) > because > if you knew Java then > > you were about 90% there to being a great JavaScripter. > > > > So I say Ranko, are you just as bewildered at this as I am? > > > > :-) > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
