RE: Style vs. transformation

Subject: RE: Style vs. transformation
From: Tony Stewart <tony.stewart@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 15:50:10 -0000
Sean McGrath wrote:

"Is XSL inextricably linked to JavaScript as it scripting environment?
If I implemented XSL with Python as its expression language would I be
cast into utter darkness..."

This is an issue we too care about (a lot). I'm hoping that the standard
can be broadened (and made more generic and therefore more useful) by
specifying a mechanism for shelling out to _any_ scripting language or
available programming interface, not just JavaScript. I'll admit that if
we must choose just one escape then JavaScript is a pretty good choice
(perhaps the best), but it's not a panacea and there's no reason to
handcuff ourselves to just one. Especially considering how quickly
things change. Do we really want to rewrite the standard next year when
something better than JavaScript comes along?

Tony

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