on 4/30/01 10:15 AM, "Chuck Esterbrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> normal=what people normally/often see. Curly braces are not often used in
> English or in HTML. So your average HTML template writer will not consider
> them normal/familiar/friendly unless they happen to be a shell programmer.

Neither is #directive

> Consequently, I think choosing {}s over ()s just to make shell programmers
> happier, at the expense of all others, is a poor design choice.

I think that you are over emphasizing the point. We are not trying to cater
to shell programmers here.

> Coupled 
> with the increased incompatibility with webmacro, it gets even poorer.

There is no goal of being compatible with WM. All I would say that we care
about is having a tool which will convert your WM templates to Vel templates
in a safe and effective manner. I believe that we have such a tool.

Thanks,

-jon

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