Re: [xsl] Is a XSLT 2 to 1 transform possible?

[Jostein Austvik Jacobsen <josteinaj@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, thanks :)

2009/10/29 Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Out of curiosity, could a XSLT 1.0 stylesheet be used to
>> convert a XSLT 2.0 stylesheet to an equivalent XSLT 1.0 stylesheet?
>>
>
> XSLT 1.0 is Turing-complete so the theoretical answer is yes. (With a
> proviso that you would need to call out to extensions to handle a few
things
> like unparsed-text() and xsl:result-document).
>
> The practical answer, given the number of man-years that I imagine are
> available to you, is no. Can you imagine what a regular expression engine
> would look like written in XSLT 1.0 code?
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Kay
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