Re: [xsl] the future of xslt

["M. David Peterson" <m.david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:06:41 -0600, James Fuller  
<james.fuller.2007@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> http://www.google.com/trends?q=xslt&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

What's even more interesting is >  
http://www.google.com/trends?q=xslt+2.0&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

What happened in the first querters of 2006 that forced XSLT 2.0 to drop  
off the map?

As I'd expect,  
http://www.google.com/trends?q=xslt+2.0%2C+xquery&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0  
provides proper context as it relates to the two more comparable languages  
in XSLT 2.0 and XQuery.

But, to me anyways, these are the most telling of them all:

LINQ vs. XQuery >  
http://www.google.com/trends?q=linq%2C+xquery&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

LINQ vs. XSLT >  
http://www.google.com/trends?q=linq%2C+xslt&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

LINQ vs. XSLT 2.0 >  
http://www.google.com/trends?q=linq%2C+xslt+2.0&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Verdict: LINQ has kicked XQuery's rear-end, whereas the popularity of LINQ  
has had no noticable effect on the popularity of XSLT (either version.)

Interestingly enough, the same can be said about XPath:

LINQ vs. XPath >  
http://www.google.com/trends?q=linq%2C+xpath&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

None of this surprises me.

Food for thought: When MSFT finally wakes up in two-three years and  
delivers their XSLT 2.0 processor, will XSLT see a sudden upswing of  
interest?  My guess is yes.

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