[Templates] Can there be two?

[Perrin Harkins]

On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 13:15 -0600, Paul Seamons wrote:
> So it is only 50% faster on the cached in memory templates.  It is actually 
> slower if you are using XS.  If you are using cached in memory templates, you 
> are going to see the least amount of return from using CGI::Ex::Template.

I would expect any TT user concerned about performance to be using
cached templates and the XS stash.

> The interesting thing is that TT in memory and using XS is only 100% faster 
> than CGI::Ex::Template getting a new object each time.  Without XS, TT in 
> memory is only 40% faster than CGI::Ex::Template getting a new object each 
> time.

Sounds like it could be great for people who are stuck using CGI.  TT
doesn't perform well without the cache.

> Most of the built in TT plugins work

That's good.  Some of those (tables, date formatting) are practically
part of the language at this point for me.

- Perrin