Subject: RE: [xsl] XSLT vs Perl From: "Adam Griffin" <agriffin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 12:03:05 -0500 |
I like Kays approach here... :-) Especially if it starts to get real hairy with requirements like working with offline data... Performing sorts on the client... User preferences influencing how data looks... (etc. etc.) As a person involved in the nitty gritty work of writing programs that use both these technologies, I readily reach for XSLT over Perl for transformation tasks. At the theory level, it may just look like a preference thing. If you work quite a bit with both you'll find yourself happily using XSLT for most transformation tasks. It just makes my job easier on many levels. In addition, I would never discard Perl from my tool belt. They may be capable in similar ways but, they definitely fit a purpose for which many of us worker bees use it for more than just the novelty or as a resume bulker. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Michael Kay [mailto:mhk@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 10:44 AM To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [xsl] XSLT vs Perl > XSLT 2.0 is awk with pointy brackets. What's the advantage of > having pointy brackets in awk? I was not aware that awk had a data model or type system that was in any way aligned with XML. Let's be concrete. What is the equivalent of <a href="{../@code}.html"/><xsl:value-of select="title"/></a> in awk? Or in Perl? Michael Kay XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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