Re: XSL is difficult to...?

Subject: Re: XSL is difficult to...?
From: Sara Mitchell <smitchel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 09:38:38 -0700
Thank you! As a non-programmer, I heartily agree that xsl:when
and
xsl:choose are more freindly and easier to remember, even though
I do know 'switch' and 'case'.

>James Clark wrote:
> 
> Don Park wrote:
[snip]
> > 2. Unfamiliar use of words.
> >
> > I am not used to seeing words like 'choose' and 'when' instead of 'switch'
> > and 'case'.  I keep looking at one thing or another and constantly map the
> > words into words I am familar with.  Maybe those words are familar to the
> > authors of the spec but I can't help wishing for more familar words.
> 
> Firstly xsl:choose/xsl:when in XSLT does not work like switch/case in C
> or Java; calling it switch/case when it does not work like switch/case
> would be misleading. Secondly, remember that you are not typical of the
> target audience for XSL; the primary target audience for XSL is not
> programmers; things that may be familiar to you may not be familiar to
> the XSL target audience.
> 
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