[Zope] Re: Java re-invents DTML :-)

Max M maxm@mxm.dk
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 12:02:02 +0100


Terry Hancock wrote:

>ZPT's actual program structure is buried in attributes where it is nearly 
>invisible, and certainly incomprehensible to the designer.  It also contains 
>a lot of annoying and distracting boilerplate.  Nearly every ZPT example on 
>the "DTML to ZPT" page is *longer* and *harder to understand* than the 
>original DTML. This should be telling you something!
>  
>

In real life examples they are often shorter, and almost allways easier 
to read.

How come that people who only uses dtml, believes that dtml is best, 
while people using both dtml and zpt finds that zpt is the  better choice?

Hmmm ... it's enough to make a man wonder ;-)

regards Max M, who uses both ...