I used mason for my own projects and PHP at my day job. What I miss most about mason syntax is being able to layer content and control structures. In PHP, once you open a tag you are writing code until you close it (HEREDOC and NOWDOC being poor exceptions.)

As for a framework (which is another ball of weasels) inheritance from autohandlers in mason makes site structure code re-use dead simple. I assume there is a PHP framework that does something similar, I just haven't looked very hard. Some people like to use mason for rendering/layout inside other frameworks (Catalyst, Bricolage, etc,) so this should be another point to consider.

Multiple inheritance, closures... my list goes on, but that's all more general PHP vs Perl.

"One is enough. If you are acquainted with the principle, what do you care for the myriad instances and applications?"
- Henry David Thoreau, Walden

In reply to Re: Experiences With Mason by blogical
in thread Experiences With Mason by zerohero

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