Re: [NEW EXTENSTION]: templates
| From: | Alexander Wagner | Date: | Wed, 05 Dec 2001 16:33:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [NEW EXTENSTION]: templates | ||
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Björn Schotte wrote:
> * Sebastian Bergmann wrote:
> > I don't see the need for the 230420000th template solution in or
> > for PHP, the future belongs to XML and XSL(T) anyhow.
>
> Web designers and pixel movers are yet too dumb to
> check how XSL(T) works.
Ack.
> So they prefer template
> solutions like PHPLIB/IT[X], as Smarty is only usable
> for programmers (and as Kris said, a template engine
> should not be a full fledged turing engine).
You have a point here, but you're not necessarily right.
Smarty templates are more complex than IT[X]/PHPlib-style templates,
but still easier than XSL, and not all designers are that dumb.
I think IT[X]-style templates are more important, but I wouldn't object
to having both.
regards
Wagner
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