Subject: Re: Language choice (was: Re: Interactive XML) From: Chris Lilley <chris@xxxxxx> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:57:40 +0200 |
Sebastian Rahtz wrote: > <sort-of-humour> > short cynical explanations: > > 1. Microsoft cannot stomach the parentheses Can anyone? > 2. DSSSL was not invented here I laughed a lot when I read that, but then again I know who is on the XSL WG. So, lets just say that the exact opposite is true. > 3. The W3C says they'll take their ball away if it doesn't include CSS A good point. W3C member organisations were just as keen to include CSS functionality in XSL as they were to include DSSSL style functionality. So, we did. > 4. DSSSL people like ghettos Well, they used to say that about SGML too but then XML happened and the ghetto turned into the main street. > 5. Its just much more fun to start again with a mishmash Not fun exactly, but combining the feature sets of two specifications with broadly similar aims but significantly different design decisions and priorities is certainly interesting. > </sort-of-humour> > > take your pick. about the only one that convinces me is > > 6. XSL is written in XML Well, its one less parser to write. -- Chris XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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