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. > [snip] XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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