Subject: RE: Can solve the N-queens - but can't count! From: david.rosenborg@xxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 17:08:09 +0100 |
Mike Kay wrote: > I think it would be useful to the debate if someone could articulate the > reasons why stylesheets should be side-effect-free. (If the argument is the > same as for programming in general, then we can probably reject it as a good > idea that never caught the imagination of the masses. Is there something > special about stylesheets or XML transformations that means this style of > programming is particularly appropriate in this domain? Because I'd hate to > see everyone using DHTML simply because it requires less brainpower.) Here are two reasons from which we have practical experience: lazy evaluation and implicit multithreading. In general the draft does not say anything about the order in which things are processed. </David> ----------------------------------------------------------------- David.Rosenborg@xxxxxxxxxxx OM Technology XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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