Re: syntax feedback

[Sebastian Rahtz <s.rahtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Prescod writes:
 > problems that XSL is designed to solve. They are no more in competition
 > than HTML and XML or a Chevy Metro and a Chevy Camaro. 

if only i knew what in h@ll C.M. and C.C. are, I would understand the
point. remember, political correctness extends even to not being
parochial about car names :-}

what has always amazed me, as an observer, is who the great defenders
of CSS are. it is quite recent, it has never been fully implemented,
and it is agree by all parties to be a nasty hack. its a sort of orc,
so far as one see. So why, when XML and XSL come along, is it not
allowed to die an honourable death? where are these millions of users?
when did you last see a web page using CSS? i'd suggest, were I
cynical, that the W3C peeps are reluctant to admit they bore a pup,
but then Chris Lilley would shout at me.

 > "Other than the fact that it goes really fast, the Camaro isn't very much
ah, a clue.

 > XSL is the third standard stylesheet technology to be used by the generic
 > markup world. The first one failed because it did not allow
 > transformations. 
do you mean FOSIs, out of interest?


Sebastian Rahtz


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