Is there any reasons to prefer SparkViewEngine over XSLT (or vice versa) for a standalone email gene

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I have a service that receives an object containing all the data needed to build a newsletter. I need to be able to generate the email using different templates. I don't want to involve the whole ASP.NET stack for that, so I want a separate templating engine.

Reading a lot of opinions, I have found that XSLT was not getting very much love when it comes to templating engines. Why?

SparkViewEngine is a "new cool toy", but it seems mature enough considering the number of projects that have been built with it. What do you think?

Did you used those 2 engines? in which situation, and what strength/pain did you enjoy/endure

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