RE: [xsl] The beginning of xslt?

Subject: RE: [xsl] The beginning of xslt?
From: DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:29:38 -0000
Ian T said:
> So, what kind of mentality would ever stumble across the 'T' 
> part of what was 
> to become XSLT and consider that it remotely has a place in a 
> stylesheet 
> language, which is after all, concerned with making your 
> fonts bold and other 
> nice harmless endevours. Surely devils invaded and changed 
> all the plans 
> overnight, one halloween, and nobody noticed the next morning 
> and simply 
> carried on with the perverted course of style.

I used/coined the phrase bsop for this (and other bits :-).
Brain the size of a planet.
 It does actually make sense though. Why should I include the
toc if I could compute it?
 Why should I number manually if I can compute it.
Put a real brain on that kinda stuff and the T of XSLT is
associated with 'styling'.


> 
> I really take issue with the use of 'style' in the name of 
> XSLT. 

History. There's nearly 30 years behind all this 'stylesheet' stuff now.
 
Regards DaveP.



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