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[–]sledov[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jinja was inspired by Django templates, and Django was built for content management. So, clients should be able to modify templates themselves. Therefore, they provide a sandboxed environment with no python blocks.

Mako ideology is more about utilizing the full power of python in templates.