> What I'd really like to see would be a nice templating language that recognizes and takes advantages of the regular structure of HTML rather than just treats

> What I'd really like to see would be a nice templating language that recognizes and takes advantages of the regular structure of HTML rather than just treats it as a giant string. A webpage is a giant string.HTTP is a giant string over tcp. And you dont need all your complicated stuff if you dont like "giant strings". There is already something called XSL that can transform structured data into anything else.You just choosed to ignore it in your rant.