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Subject: Re: [xsl] XQuery Updates in XSLT
From: John Snelson <john.snelson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:58:22 +0000
Dimitre Novatchev wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 1:39 AM, Jesper Tverskov <jesper@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I have tested XQuery Updates in Saxon SA 9.1 and it works like a
>> dream.  I was wondering if something similar is going to be available
>> in XSLT?  How can XSLT do without such a killer feature?
> 
> Such a feature will be the killer of a nice, functional language, I agree... :)

XQuery Update is still a 100% functional language - it's pretty good at
succinctly expressing transforms that would otherwise need an identity
transform and some number of exception templates.

John

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