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Re: TODO list: httpd server parsed guile.


David Welton writes:
 > On Fri, Oct 23, 1998 at 11:31:20PM -0700, ttn@mingle.glug.org wrote:
 > 
 > > It seems most non-programmers are scared of complex control structures,
 > > hence their affinity for "scripts", which tend to have a linear command-
 > > oriented nature.  Argument substitution a la $1, $2, etc is easy enough
 > > to understand, but going beyond that falls outside the template-filling
 > > paradigm that many regard (incorrectly) as the essense of programming.
 > 
 > Right - and a lot of people doing web scripting are definitely not
 > programmers.  Not by a long shot.  Not that they aren't bright people,
 > but, a language that allows them to be productive doing simple things
 > in the shortest time possible is a win for people paying money for
 > their time.  I spent my summer overseeing a big web scripting project,
 > so I've given the matter a fair amount of thought..  

If people prefer template filling instead to programming, they could use m4 
and the like as well, perl5 or tcl are a waste for them. 

    Klaus Schilling