Bizarre Name Resolution/Routing Problem

Collins Richey crichey
Wed Dec 8 10:29:33 PST 2004


On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 11:01:48 -0800, Bill Campbell
<linux-sxs at celestial.com> wrote:

> My biggest objection to php is that it encourages really ugly
> code, mixing HTML formatting with code.  I much prefer systems
> that separate the web page design from the code.

Most of the noted PHP authors discourage comingling HTML and code.
This can be accomplished via add-on packages.
 
> 
> I never thought I would hear myself saying this, but I would
> suggest looking seriously at python, Zope, and Plone.  My python
> code would probably disgust a python  purist as I embed lots of
> comments with ``#{'' and ``#}'' around blocks so the ``%'' braces
> matching of vi(m) works.
> 

I've always liked python, but the learning curve for Zope and Plone is
quite steep. It's great if web application design is your forte and
you work hard at it, but for the occasional ad hoc coder like myself,
that's quite a pill to swallow.


-- 
 Collins


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