Re: Template engines

At 11:38 AM -0500 11/9/10, Robert Cummings wrote:

On 10-11-09 11:18 AM, tedd wrote:

At 10:57 AM -0500 11/9/10, Robert Cummings wrote:

On 10-11-09 10:42 AM, tedd wrote:

I don't have to try them all, just the most popular. If the most popular doesn't work for me, then I don't need to try any others.

That's all well and good, but the argument being used is a generalization which at best is wrong. I don't care what you use, but FUD doesn't help anything. Cheers, Rob.

I disagree and what I said is not FUD. If we took the time to *not* generalize, then we would be up to our collective butts in evaluations of everything, while getting nothing accomplished. Generalization is a way to navigate the massive amounts of data we are bombarded with each day. Do I want to spend/waste time evaluating all templates to the nth degree? I think not. Instead, I research ideas and see if they meet with my way of doing things. If they do, then I incorporate them into my method -- if not, then I pass. I have changed my methods many times to accommodate new technologies and new ways of doing things, but that does not mean that I always incorporate everything that comes along. Templates are one of those things that do not fit in my way of doing things and I do not need to investigate all template systems to arrive at that conclusion. As such, there is nothing wrong with my evaluation method for it works for me.

I think the key quote here is "your way". Others will certainly have different mileage (as has already been expressed), thus your generalization still rings false. It's only a generalization for you and others of like mind... which is terribly partisan :) Cheers, Rob.

And, in this case, "your way" is to disagree with "my way". :-) In the end, we all have our methods of navigating information. If we didn't we wouldn't be as far along as we are. Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com/