Subject: Re: [xsl] Re: Literal string question From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 14:46:05 -0500 |
The perception of "elegance" has much to do with change of culture. What was thought
impossible and unbelievable before, becomes gradually accepted because of its
usefulness, and the notion of "elegance" changes to include the new achievements.
The constructors of the very first automobiles loved their creations and considered
them elegant, although the majority was probably regarding them as monstrousity.
It is easy for something non-traditional to be labeled "non-elegant". A year ago
when I described the Wendell Piez method in the xsltalk list (at this time I didn't
know that this was named after you, but I liked the method and was proud to bring it
to the people), there was a reaction that this method certainly worked, but was
"ugly" compared to the usual way (recursion) of achieving repetition. Recently I
encountered messages in the microsoft groups saying that this was really cool.
It is unacceptable to state that we should not use the language for things it was
not designed for -- even the W3C is now changing XSLT for things it was not
originally designed. How to use a language is not a religion nor do we need traffic
cops to tell us what is allowed and what not.
Keep it coming! Wendell
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