Re: Requirements for implementing Cocoon Blocks

Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:
> 
> Ulrich Mayring wrote:
> > Cocoon definitely needs a different granularity.
> 
> I'm glad you acknowledge that.

Heh... I didn't say that I like it that way, just that it is that way ;-)

As always, it's a trade-off: more granularity means more power and more
complexity. It would be nice to have a recursive type of system, where
added levels of power and complexity are just "more of the same". In the
Avalon world this would spell out to:

- use a component and do something
- use more components and do more
- group components to form a new component

Sounds appealing, but alas: everyone, who has programmed recursion-only
systems like Prolog or LISP, knows that at some point they become overly
complex as well.

I still don't think that Cocoon will deliver the world-formula for web
applications, but you guys are doing the best job of all projects in
that area. Continuations are wicked, that's for sure :)

cheers,

Ulrich