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minus-squareQuazatronlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 days agoI used it quite a bit right at the beginning, when it was transitioning from being a “Pre-HTML Processor” templating utility to a proper language. The syntax was nice and easy to pick up. The rest was pretty bad, a lot of security was left to the developer following best practices. It improved with time, but it had already left a bad impression on me. I know it’s still popular, as you can tell from the downvotes.
I used it quite a bit right at the beginning, when it was transitioning from being a “Pre-HTML Processor” templating utility to a proper language.
The syntax was nice and easy to pick up. The rest was pretty bad, a lot of security was left to the developer following best practices.
It improved with time, but it had already left a bad impression on me.
I know it’s still popular, as you can tell from the downvotes.