[Zope] Zope Myths?

[Casey Duncan]

Some things to ponder:

ZPT is slower than DTML
DTML is slower than Python (filesystem at least)
Python is slower than Perl (at least on average)
Perl is slower than C
C is slower than assembly
assembly is slower than dedicated hardware

So lets just skip on past the DTML is faster than ZPT (both are pretty sl=
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and implement ZPT in hardware! ;^)

Its all a matter of levels. And from our perspective, development time is=
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valuable than CPU cycles. That's not to say that ZPT won't be optimized, =
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used as recommended it's quite acceptable. If your ZPT is too slow, I wou=
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say you are doing too much in ZPT.

And no, DTML is not obsolete or deprecated, its just not the main templat=
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language anymore, and not the focus of attention like it once was.

-Casey

On Wednesday 11 September 2002 12:15 pm, Andy McKay wrote:
> > We'd be grateful for any input from members of this list.
> > What have we missed?
> > What have we understated/exaggerated/misunderstood?
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> The DTML point as replied to is important. Its not being deprecated.
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> I'm not risking all my content in one file: Also, alternative storages =
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> coming out like FileStorage which allow you to spread out your content =
over
> many files.
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> One final semi-myth you might want to cover: its slow.
> --
>   Andy McKay
>   Agmweb Consulting
>   http://www.agmweb.ca