Re: [PHP3] Re: [PHP Template] Re: [PHP3] PHP Template Engine spec revision 0.52

[email protected] (Francis Smit) Wed, 22 Mar 2000 13:48:20 +1100
Newsgroups php.template
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Howard Ha wrote:

> > I understand what you're talking about. You can do this exact same thing
> > with the template engine that I'm proposing. You simply use variable
> > substitution and that's it. Nothing more. No one is _forcing_ you to use
> > conditionals or sections or other stuff. It's all optional.
>
> This statement I like the most so far.  As long as you can keep things nice
> and simple, and the engine works faster than PHPLIB templates or
> FastTemplates, and people don't go overboard with the logic in their
> templates, I say "go for it!".  But still. I worry that folks will use the
> templates in ways that are so extreme.complicated and yet NEED NOT BE.

Ummm isn't it a persons own fault if they do dumb stuff, I know I hate languages
and systems that want to "look after me" and "hold my hand" just to protect me
from my self, if I stuff it by being silly good let me learn the hard way. then at
least I'll a). learn it better and b). still have a language which isn't crippled by trying
to protect me.

>
>
> Howard
>
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