Subject: Re: [xsl] Let's face it: side effects are sometimes necessary! From: Gunther Schadow <gunther@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 11:54:04 -0500 |
But my answer to that is, as I said recently on another thread: use XSLT to do your XML transformations, don't use it to make the tea or wash the dishes.
I have heard this before, XSLT is only meant to do X and not Y. But what if XSLT works great for Y? Am I not allowed to use it? It's like saying duct tape must only be used to taping duct.
Of course, I was pushing the envelope and asked for things you may not want to put into XSLT. That's O.K. it seems like XSLT has gotten better and my need for some of these side-effects have gone away. Thanks.
Still I strongly believe that XSLT is extremely suitable for doing real world information processing far beyond simple transformations of documents. To me it's a whole new paradigm of programming (of course much of it is a revival of old LISP ideals.)
As for Dimitre's rant, and the whole issue of quality on this list, I would say: just ignore posts you think are unqualified. I find it pretty arrogant to rant to belittle every question (and the guy ad hominem) who hasn't read the latest papers on monads. You may not think it is important, but here's a message for you Dimitre Novachev: there are real people with real problems out there who use computer things to deal with those real problems and who have to decide whether to read something you find important (or find it in the first place) or whether to deliver what they are expected to deliver. I don't like total ignorance either, but it doesn't hurt to be tolerant and to ignore posts you don't like to waste your precious time on.
Thanks to all those who do respond in a meaningful way to questions and challenges, even to reiterate something that may be written in the middle of 250 pages of specifications. Thanks Michael and David and all.
regards, -Gunther
-- Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org
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