He does have a couple of good points, though, which I feel to be lacking in the current version of Velocity and should be addressed.
For example we had to write our own pull-tool in Turbine to present dates according to a specific format. I'm sure there's more of these wee additions that could polish Velocity up a bit. /colin On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 08:50 AM, Eelco Hillenius wrote: > Maybe this is a subject to start a new list on. It's really not the > kind of > discussions I joined this list for. Jonathan comes over every now and then to let us know about the great new features in FreeMarker. Then, once the message is delivered, usually in a concise and pleasant manner, he'll stop out of respect for not wanting to clog the list with too many off-topic comments or start any heated discussions. geir > Eelco > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonathan Revusky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 2:44 PM > Subject: Re: JavaCC open sourced on dev.java.net > > >> Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote: >>> Daniel Dekany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> >>> >>>> Tuesday, June 17, 2003, 2:07:54 AM, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote: >>> >>> >>> [...] >>> >>>> either naive or intentionally distorts facts. The reason is that >>>> Jakarta projects tend to use other Jakarta projects, for strategic >>>> reasons. >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> "You have a serious ego problem." http://us.imdb.com/Title?0118883 >> >> Henning, have you heard of the "ad-hominem" fallacy? >> >> That's where you make a personal attack on somebody else's character >> because you can't deal with what they're saying via legitimate debate. >> >> I infer from the ancient Greek origin of the term that this particular >> ploy was already well known and dissected a loooong time ago. >> >> So, it's really really oooold. You really ought to try to do a bit >> better than this. Try to maintain a higher standard of discourse, >> because this kind of thing reflects poorly on your work. People will >> likely draw negative inferences. (I already have, for example.) >> >> Regards, >> >> Jonathan Revusky >> -- >> lead developer, FreeMarker project, http://freemarker.org/ >> FreeMarker-Velocity comparison page, >> http://freemarker.org/fmVsVel.html >> FreeMarker 2.3pre4 is out! >> >> >>> >>> Regards >>> Henning >>> >>> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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] > > -- Geir Magnusson Jr 203-956-2604(w) Adeptra, Inc. 203-434-2093(m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 203-247-1713(m) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
