Re: alternating tags in a list?

[Paul Prescod <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Lawton, Scott" wrote:
> 
> Whatever the merits of your other reasons, I don't think this one is
> compelling.  For better or worse, ECMAScript is already a standard and
> browsers already implement it.  As to new processors, there's a free Java
> implementation of ECMAScript available and it's quite easy to wire up.  (I'm
> a Java novice and I was able to get it working on a Mac without problems.)

What if I'm not doing Java? What if I'm writing an XSL implementation for
an IBM mainframe? (guess what...I know someone who is) What if I'm writing
an XSL implementation in Python (guess what...). What if I'm writing an
XSL implementation in an XML editor (guess what...). What if I'm embedding
XSL in a document repository?

> > Why mess
> > up the nice declarative properties of the XSL stylesheet when
> > the feature
> > you want is already available and well specified?
> 
> To many of us, the current syntax is anything but "nice".  But that's
> another thread ("syntax feedback").

We weren't talking about syntax. I said "nice declarative properties" ...
those properties would remain in any other syntax.

 Paul Prescod  - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for only himself
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