Hi all.

For a new web-application im trying to find out what the best templating system is to use.
The app follows the mvc pattern.
Right now i've looked at HTML::Template(::Expr), HTML::Template::Pro, ZM::Template and Petal.
I'm trying to find out what the pro's and cons are for these templating systems, and why i should prefer one over the other.
Any suggestions (and experience) with these?
thanks again

Update
Thanks for the reactions, for now i'm convinced to use Petal, i only don't know the memory usage of it yet...
    * Internationalized (i18n)
    * The template can be viewed in any browser / editor, the petal ta
+gs are embedded in the html-tags.
    * Straight forward (small learning curve when used to HTML::Templa
+te)
    * Petal provides a mini-language
    * Petal is xml-based, which is fine if you have well-done XHTML.
    * It's pretty mature and has an active community.
    * Installable with apt-get install libpetal-perl
    * The HTML beforehand is well formed, includes sample values for t
+he dynamic parts and all you have to do with Dream weaver is apply st
+yles to the sample data and all will be well. At template compile tim
+e, all the sample data is discarded and then at run time, the real da
+ta is inserted. 

Cons
    * The thing that takes the most getting used to is that it's a lit
+tle verbose. Unfortunately this is a necessary side effect of being t
+ruly compatible with XML/HTML.

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