[Zope3-dev] Number of languages in Zope 3

[Chris Withers]

Steve Alexander wrote:
>>
>> What class of user will _only_ want to install Zope?
> 
> A system admininstrator. The same user who will want to install an RDBMS 
> on a system for use by database administrators. This person doesn't need 
> to know SQL. This person doesn't need to know Python or ZCML.

In what circumstances is a system administrator likely to bethe first 
person in an oganisation who wants to install Zope and start developing 
in it?

>> Under what circumstances would they need to know more than just the 
>> templating language in order to produce such templates?
> 
> When they want to do more than write templates.

What templates do you have that use nothing but plain path expressions 
or string expressions?

> Simplicity is an emergent property of a system.

...and one which certainly isn't emerging from Zope 3, however you look 
at it ;-)

>  > Simplicity is always better.
> 
> Except when it is not:
> 
>   When you want something that cannot be achieved without
>   extra complexity.

And what is this extra complexity buying us?

cheers,

Chris