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>Lisp is Turing-complete while StringTemplate doesn't. Well...C# String interpolation is.

• garganzol 9y ago
  C# string interpolation is fast and preferable solution that works great at smaller scale (which is probably close to 99.99% of all use cases). Having said that, C# string interpolation is not user-configurable, and you cannot realistically use it to generate, say, 300 lines of highly sophisticated text that is a subject to frequent modifications during product development. One of the popular tasks for a larger scale templating is email generation. Text templates, HTML templates, for signup, for email confirmation, for password reset, for subscription renewal, for ... you name it. As you can see, it quickly goes wild. Not sure one would prefer string.Format() or C# string interpolation to do all of that.
  • dahauns 9y ago
    Ah...! Sorry, I misunderstood you there. (Ok,ok. I admit I only skimmed your reply :) ). But why would you want Turing completeness in a user facing templating engine? This is generally considered harmful, leading to all kinds of maintenance horrors. (And that's why StringTemplate deliberately isn't.)
    • kqr 9y ago
      I'm not so sure it's the turing completeness that is harmful, rather the inscrutibility of code. Lisp doesn't have that problem since code is data!
      • dahauns 9y ago
        OK, now you're just messing with me. :)
      • deleted 9y ago
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  • mattmanser 9y ago
    Err, or just use Razor cshtml?