Subject: Re: using default params? From: Jens Lautenbacher <jtl@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: 29 Mar 2000 17:30:18 +0200 |
David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > better to use node-set on systems that support it. > select="xt:node-set($foo)"/> yes, sure, but of course I would prefer very much not to use an extension... > > and the same goes for use-attribute-sets: why isn't it possible to use > > a computed name for this parameter ?? > pass I assume that means that you can't comment on this > > After an initial excitement over XSLT I'm now in the state where it > > feels a bit like TeX: > > You do know how many thousands of hours I've contributed to latex > support don't you?, By `like TeX' you must mean that as a > compliment... :-) yes, sure, I was often amazed about what you managed to do with tex. > > Why didn't they simply use a full > > featured scheme or clisp for the style language... > > They did use scheme. It was called dsssl. Sure... that's of course the reason fo my comment.... > No one used it because it had too many ( which is an exceptionally stupid argument IMHO > Actually some people (including me) did use it, and dsssl-list is still > reasonably active, but it's just so much easier to type > <this>...</this> than (this...) that all the hype is with XSL. :-) By the way, is dssl a full fledged implementation of scheme (tailrecursive, closures, you-name-it...) ??? If yes, it's a shame that xslt is so weak in comparison, and is becoming the standard while dssl doesn't play a role in the web/xml part of the game. (this is of course completely off-topic for a xsl list, sorry.) jtl XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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