[Typo3-dev] drawbacks to using smarty in extensions?

[Ingmar Schlecht]

Hi Leendert,

Leendert Brouwer [Netcreators] wrote:
> Is there any argument against using
> template engine X (smarty, ultratemplate, whatever) in extensions? If so,
> what are they?

Well, just read the following article and you'll see why it doesn't make 
sense to use smarty or any other template engine ;-)

http://www.massassi.com/php/articles/template_engines/

Plain PHP does a fine job at templating if you manage to separate 
business logic from presentation logic. And it's a lot faster!

cheers,
Ingmar