Friday, February 3, 2006, 6:12:11 PM, Elmar Juergens wrote:
> However, for the thesis itself, I would like to write some background
> paragraphs on template engines, on topics like:
>
> - how did template engines evolve?

On 2/3/06, Daniel Dekany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Like, for example, Velocity was a me-too project after WebMacro due
> licensing issues with WebMacro. (So it's maybe a good idea to put this
> question on the list of some other template engines too, where the
> template engine was made because of technical reasons, rather than from
> political reasons.)

For what it's worth, here's an early template engine (wow, 10 years
old now!) I originally used.   When I switched from ObjC to Java, I
converted my templates to velocity fairly painlessly.

http://www.misckit.com/Documentation/IntroMiscMergeKit.htmld/index.html

Here's what appears to be current contact info for Don, although I
haven't talked with him in a few years :)  I'm pretty sure he'd be
happy to discuss template engine evolution, at least from his own
standpoint.

http://www.yacktman.org/don/

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