Re: template engine...why???
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:30:27 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: template engine...why??? | ||
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By your logic, since you ruled out all other templating systems, then
with this most recent post you have made an assertion that Smarty is the
only round wheel. I'm sure many would disagree. At any rate, time for me
to drop this particular thread branch since the thread is about templating
engines and NOT Smarty.
Cheers,
Rob.
luis wrote:
>
> No. I said: if you want to make wheels don't make square-wheels, they
> break cars.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: suds@wocmud.org [mailto:suds@wocmud.org] On Behalf Of Robert
> Cummings
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 12:22 PM
> To: luis
> Cc: 'Rasmus Lerdorf'; 'rush'; php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] template engine...why???
>
> luis wrote:
> >
> > I absolutely agree, that's exactly why I can't understand the
> motivation
> > behind a dozen template systems for PHP when you can just use Smarty.
> > Compiling templates to PHP is a must-have for any serious template
> > engine.
>
> This sounds like a "why re-invent the wheel statement". Answer - then
> there would only be one wheel to choose from. I'm sure we'd all love
> it if we were in our car on wooden wheels. The ride sure would be
> smooth - not.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob.
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