Posted by James Benson on 11/06/05 00:07

Robert Cummings wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 15:25, James Benson wrote:
>
>>Robert Cummings wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 14:55, James Benson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Give smarty a try rather than re-inventing the wheel
>>>>
>>>>http://smarty.php.net
>>>
>>>
>>>What's wrong with re-inventing the wheel? I guess your car or bike has
>>>wooden wheels eh!? I mean if nobody had re-invented the wheel from the
>>>wooden version, that's all that would exist. I guess if nobody had
>>>re-invented the operating system we'd all be stuck with MS-DOS or
>>>whatever came before that, and so on and so forth. "Don't re-invent the
>>>wheel" is such an ignorant statement.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Rob.
>>
>>
>>
>>Their is nothing at all wrong with re-inventing the wheel but where
>>templating engines are concerned I dont see anyone coming up with new
>>ideas that has not already been thought up by some tom, dick or harry,
>>plus with all the 1000's of engines already created their is bound to be
>>one that suits everyones requirements.
>
>
> Perhaps, but similar issues crop up for content management systems and
> many people end up rolling their own after being disgusted with none of
> the myriad of existing system fitting their needs.
>
>
>>My suggestion could save hours, weeks or maybe even months of
>>programming time dont you think?
>
>
> Maybe, unless he's just enjoying the learning experience, which IMHO can
> be priceless.
>
> Either way, I jumped on your reply because you didn't word it as a
> suggestion, you worded it as a command.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob.



Fair enough, everyone has their own opinion :-)

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