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in reply to HTML::Template

I like more Template::Toolkit. There are a few reasons but the important one is ergonomy - visibility of the template in the HTML. For example your code: 
  <html>
  <head><title>Test Template</title>
  <body>
  My Home Directory is <TMPL_VAR NAME=HOME>
  <p>
  My Path is set to <TMPL_VAR NAME=PATH>
  </body>
  </html>

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and TT style code: 
  <html>
  <head><title>Test Template</title>
  <body>
  My Home Directory is [% HOME %]
  <p>
  My Path is set to [% PATH %]
  </body>
  </html>

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For me the template variables here are much more visible, while in HTML::Template you need to concentrate a bit to see where the Template is and where the HTML tags are.

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(jeffa) Re: HTML::Template
by jeffa (Bishop) on Mar 25, 2003 at 15:46 UTC
    Template toolkit is indeed more ergonomic, but it also carries a lot of (useful) baggage with it (but baggage is still baggage). The example given lends itself to a more simpler solution. Rather than being the Pepsi guy at a Coca-Cola rally, i would have recommended Inline::TT: 
    use strict;
use warnings;
use Inline qw(TT);

print test(
   HOME => $ENV{HOME},
   PATH => $ENV{PATH},
);

__END__
__TT__
[% BLOCK test %]
<html>
<head><title>Test Template</title>
<body>
My Home Directory is [% HOME %]
<p>
My Path is set to [% PATH %]
</body>
</html>
[% END %]

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    However, i still prefer HTML::Template for its sheer simplicity. And my eyes haven't gone bad yet. ;)

    jeffa

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