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From: Albert Krewinkel <albert+pandoc-9EawChwDxG8hFhg+JK9F0w@public.gmane.org>
To: pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: latex template syntax vs Lua filters
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:49:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y1n7ab93.fsf@zeitkraut.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADAJKhBkxMhLAeCTOymphguqG_uHwpUyAnYC4edi=SaBkmHS6g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>


BPJ <melroch-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> A program doing the same job as a template will be full of string
> concatenations and format strings which will look disconnected in
> a way which template text will not. This was the original use case for
> templates before security and separation of functions were big
> concerns, and it is still valid.

My favorite example to reinforce this point is PHP: it's already really
easy to use PHP in HTML templates, and yet, people wrote extra template
languages in PHP (e.g., https://smarty.net) because those were more
pleasant to use.


-- 
Albert Krewinkel
GPG: 8eed e3e2 e8c5 6f18 81fe  e836 388d c0b2 1f63 1124


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-04-04 13:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-04-03 21:49 bapt a
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2023-04-04  0:48   ` John MacFarlane
     [not found]     ` <BCE2FA1F-296D-4C7E-9495-E4B6E1C5A885-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2023-04-04 13:24       ` BPJ
     [not found]         ` <CADAJKhBkxMhLAeCTOymphguqG_uHwpUyAnYC4edi=SaBkmHS6g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2023-04-04 13:49           ` Albert Krewinkel [this message]
     [not found]             ` <87y1n7ab93.fsf-9EawChwDxG8hFhg+JK9F0w@public.gmane.org>
2023-04-04 20:41               ` bapt a

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