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by 9rx5 hours ago |

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by taeric4 hours ago|

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Then take my question as, "then what is a good templating example today?"

Dodging the obvious question in favor of discussing if we can make progress... feels less than good faith.

by 9rx4 hours ago|

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I still consider the templating language I shared before, even at the time of this comment, to be good.

But, as recognized earlier, others may find it doesn't hold up to today's standards. "Good" is not only not a constant, but is also subjective. Do I really have to explain the entire universe here? Man.

by taeric4 hours ago|

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You didn't share a templating language, though? You shared an example of a formatting/templating string, but didn't even indicate what level of format string it supported. Such that I don't know if you are sharing C's printf, bash's printf, PHP's... I can presume you don't intend to include CL's FORMAT. Even if I do have a softspot for it, myself.

by 9rx4 hours ago|

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> You shared an example of a formatting/templating string

Which is, you guessed it, a language! Okay, yeah, I didn't dive in so deep as to provide a formal specification for the language, or whatever it is you were hoping for, but if you really want to take this to silly town, I'm going to tell you that what you saw is the only valid input for this language and only specify that, so, maybe, unless you are having fun with this comedy routine (in which case, carry on; I'm certainly still entertained!), you can read between the lines? The question asking if I need to explain the universe was rhetorical, implying that I am not going to do that.

by taeric2 hours ago|

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My question to you, then, is if you think you contributed anything at all to this? Because, yeah, nothing there.

by 9rx1 hours ago|

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Yes, it contributed to my enjoyment. I mean, that is all that can be contributed, fundamentally, so...