[Templates] TT Speed Question

[Perrin Harkins]

Of the engines tested, I would expect Embperl and the proprietary ones 
to be faster than TT, and Mason to be slower.  That's what other tests 
have shown.  The caching problem that others mentioned is one possible 
cause.   The XS stash will always be faster, but if something else is 
slowing it down then the difference may be hard to see.

Homegrown systems with very minimal functionality are always going to be 
faster than more complete ones.  I've written several template systems 
faster than TT, but their speed didn't make up for the fact that they 
sucked.

I would also like to point out that this is a totally bizarre template. 
  It uses its own filter routine instead of a TT filter.  It accesses 
nearly all variables by calling main.getEx('some.complex.variable') 
instead of putting that data in the stash.  It uses RAWPERL.  This is 
not letting TT do what it does best, i.e. make clear and concise 
templates with minimal effort.

- Perrin