I gave this talk at OSCON 2001. The information here is somewhat outdated, but the related article has been updated since then: http://perl.apache.org/docs/tutorials/tmpl/comparison/comparison.html For the record, this was a really fun talk to give. The title slide had animated flames burning on the screen when people walked in.

1. Perrin Harkins

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