On 11/29/05, Medium <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think it has anything to do with skill or their ability to pick
> it up and get use to it over time. You can say that about any syntax
> (good or bad). My main point i guess was that if someone saw django
> template at a glance (which is usually how I evaluate things initially)
> the more familiar it seems the more chance of me trying it out because I
> don't have to reconfigure my brain too much. You name it and most
> popular templating solutions use this syntax, which means more designers
> as well are also familiar with ${} syntax.

I don't know, I've only ever seen that syntax in PHP- or Perl-based
systems. ASP never used it, so far as I know, and Rails doesn't use
it.

> Personally, I don't find this a major issue, just a thorn in the side,
> but I wanted to ask the question on the very far chance that django can
> be made even more popular because I like it alot.

I don't really see it as something that inhibits adoption, and pretty
much my entire background is in PHP and Perl, so hopefully that counts
for something :)


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