On the subject of TT2

Socrates80 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: On the subject of TT2 by LanX (Saint) on Jul 15, 2011 at 21:00 UTC
> why is it better to limit the system to the reduced scope of the interpretted template language,when one can just use eval and have the full power and expressiveness of perl at ones fingertips. Because templates are meant for "limited" designers not for "expressive" programmers, Simon! Cheers Rolf	[reply]
Web designers fear Perl =) by LanX (Saint) on Jul 19, 2011 at 10:55 UTC
> Because templates are meant for "limited" designers ... A picture is worth a thousand words! Cheers Rolf	[reply]
Re: On the subject of TT2 by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jul 15, 2011 at 23:55 UTC
why is it good practice to run an arbitary interpretted templating language on top of another interpretted language What version of TT2 are you using that doesn't compile templates? I recommend upgrading to one released sometime this century.	[reply]
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Re: On the subject of TT2 by Anonymous Monk on Jul 16, 2011 at 08:39 UTC
when one can just use eval and have the full power and expressiveness of perl at ones fingertips.. How do you think `[% PERL %]` blocks work? They use eval	[reply]
Re^2: On the subject of TT2 by Logicus (Initiate) on Jul 16, 2011 at 16:45 UTC
Ok, but I think it's bad form to embed perl anyway, I only included the <perl> tag in my system because sometimes there is a situation which calls for it instead of the usual method of placing the code neatly away in a plugin which can then be reused.	[reply]
Re: On the subject of TT2 by zentara (Cardinal) on Jul 16, 2011 at 16:50 UTC
use Hemlock; :-) I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh	[reply]
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