Subject: RE: [xsl] questions about XSLT philosophy: how much is too much? From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:38:27 -0500 (EST) |
On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Michael Kay wrote: > But surely a newcomer to any language should be surprised and delighted > to discover the unexpected ways that experienced users are exploiting > the technology? not really -- not when i'm trying to learn how to use it properly for the first time. part of what makes a language easily learned is to see it being used in a way that seems to match its basic design. with XSLT, that's to see it used functionally. nothing makes a language harder to get a grip on than to see it being manhandled to solve problems that don't seem "natural" for that language. many years ago, when C++ was still fairly new, the biggest gripe many had about it was that, although they were using the C++ language, they were still coding using C style. i have no objection to seeing how XSLT can be used in interesting and unexpected ways. but i'd rather hold off on that until i have a handle on the normal usage of it first, that's all. rday XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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