Subject: Re: [xsl] Wishes for XSL revisions ... From: "Agnes kielen" <a.kielen@xxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 10:58:42 +0100 |
This is an interesting article about mixing XSLT with Java. http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2001/jw-1221-xslt.html Greetings Agnes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendell Piez" <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 10:31 PM Subject: RE: [xsl] Wishes for XSL revisions ... > Jonathan and all, > > At 03:15 PM 12/27/01, you wrote: > >I agree "Go all the way" for a programming language. XSL even does not > >have a "break" statement. For a simple thing, using XSL has to write > >piles of piles of code. > > Whatever happened to the idea of using the right tool for the job? Any > number of other languages have better and better support for XML built in. > > If XSL turns into an all-purpose combination utility > knife-wrench-screwdriver-with-magnifying-glass-bottle-opener, it'll be > impossible to learn as well as implement. > > If you have to write piles and piles of code to do a simple thing in XSLT, > then maybe you're trying to use the wrong tool. Some things that are hard > in other languages, are exceedingly simple in XSLT and don't require piles > and piles of code. It is on these cases that XSLT's success is built -- not > on the edge cases which are possible but difficult (and on which this list > naturally spends a preponderance of time and energy -- partly just trying > to help, partly out of interest and curiosity in training our beloved and > faithful dog to dance). > > If we say "Wow, XSLT is powerful, let's get it so it can draw maps", we may > end up killing exactly what made it so good to begin with. You can always > generate your SVG with the help of Java, Python or C if you need heavy > number-crunching and layout algorithms. > > What *I* think would be nice would be the capability to call, from within > your stylesheet, home-grown extension elements and functions (maybe in your > own namespace?) to do things that XSLT doesn't do. But wait! that's in XSLT > 1.0! > > Cheers, > Wendell > > > ====================================================================== > Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com > 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 > Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 > Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML > ====================================================================== > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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