Subject: Re: xsl:lambda was RE: W3C-transformation language petition From: Steven Marcus <srnm@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 11:11:02 -0800 (PST) |
the bible: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262011530/ good luck! Steven ---Guy_Murphy@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Hi Jonathan. > > This isn't the first time I've seen discussion of LISP as a good example of > a declarative language, with relevance to XSL. > > Can anybody recommend some good primer material on the Net? I'm not > interested in learning LISP for application development, just to see what I > might learn about declarative models in general, and specifically how it > relates to XSL. Something discussing LISP methodologies as they might > differ from traditional imperative methodologies would be ideal. > > Thanks for any pointers. > > Cheers > Guy. > > > > > > xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 03/09/99 08:19:02 AM > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > cc: (bcc: Guy Murphy/UK/MAID) > Subject: xsl:lambda was RE: W3C-transformation language petition > > > > > [SNIP] > my first inclination was to suggest that a free Java DSSSL/Scheme > implementation might do for client side transformations what XSL does (or > might do) and more... > ...but when you think about it, this might not be true... HTML is alot > closer to XML than Lisp in its syntax and HTML remains the most important > output format if we are concerned about client side applications. > what I am interested in doing is employing XSL as a client application > 'language' for browser based client apps. So, what I need for XSL is to > grow > into something akin to an XML based Scheme. It already has a cons and car > and cdr and eq. XSL needs a lambda and defun and recursion. That's the > stuff > that ought be between <xsl:eval> rather than Javascript. > Jonathan Borden > http://jabr.ne.mediaone.net > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > > > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
Current Thread |
---|
|
<- Previous | Index | Next -> |
---|---|---|
Re: xsl:lambda was RE: W3C-transfor, James Tauber | Thread | Re: xsl:lambda was RE: W3C-transfor, james anderson |
RE: XT examples as Applet in browse, Mike Dierken | Date | Queues & Simple Page Masters, cp |
Month |