RE: The top 10 limitations of XSLT 1.0 (was RE: [xsl] RE: Designs for XSLT functions)

Subject: RE: The top 10 limitations of XSLT 1.0 (was RE: [xsl] RE: Designs for XSLT functions)
From: DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:50:22 -0000
 Andrew Kimball

> Some of the acute limitations of XSLT 1.0 I can think of off 
> the top of my
> head are:
> 1. The lack of real string comparison
> 2. No support for dates
> 3. No simple mechanism for grouping
> 4. No querying into RTF's
> 
> If the top 10 limitations of XSLT 1.0 were solved, then I 
> think the roar of
> demand for xsl:script and xsl:evaluate would be reduced to a whimper.

Good summary IMHO

Your points about performance will perhaps be well noted by those using
XSLT on a server, where performance is a very real issue?


Regards DaveP

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