Subject: RE: [xsl] XSLT vs Perl From: "Jim Fuller" <jim.fuller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 23:04:53 -0000 |
I always found these ' The Green Lantern can beat up you Dad; type arguments difficult to answer..... The problem with generally useful languages like PERL and XSLT is that as programmers we are obsessed with genericity and reuse...the fact is that a highly proprietary language customized for a specific task is the perfect language when solving a specific problem. Both langs were designed for a specific purpose and then abused, is the success of a language based on how generically applicable it is...personally I would argue the opposite. I remember when people argued that PERL should never be used in solving X problem.....the forces that make people program are more marketing and commercial then all of us will admit. the benefits of XSLT; - deals with UNICODE char encoding - its xml - there are benefits to having both the programming language and data in a hierarchical data model - functional compisition has many benefits - less side effects is a good thing - lets not kid anyone, PERL is synatically dense, and difficult to comprehend. In comparison XLST is facile I could go on, though perhaps your energies would be better focused from devils advocate to reviewing the XSLT 2.0 spec which ends last call Feb 15th. Cheers, Jim Fuller XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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