On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 14:22, Derek Hohls wrote:
> An April 2004 post pointed me to Terence Parr's article on "Enforcing
> Strict MV Separation in Template Engines".  (see article link at:
> http://www.stringtemplate.org ).  This is a fascinating read and, to
> me, a classic in the field. 
> 
> What I learnt (amongst other interesting stuff) is that a "true"
> template ONLY provides a view on the data: it should not incorporate ANY
> logic (apart from the need to understand standard data structures; refer
> to other templates; and test for the existence of data) and so not be
> subject to any changes in the underlying model.  This definition seems
> to differ from the rather loose term used in the Cocoon community; for
> example, Bruno says "a template is just an easy way to create a custom
> generator". (ref:
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xml-cocoon-users&m=108317864027176&w=2).

How does that differ exactly?

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