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"I still have to think about tags, ids and classes while I’m writing HAML. It simply provides a more concise syntax."

So he wants macros, again proving Greenspun's tenth rule…

While I disagree that just having a better syntax isn't worth it all by itself, considering that we're talking about the utterly verbose nightmare that's SGML/XML, couldn't you do some of that with inline ruby, filters, partials, helpers etc?



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