Re: [xsl] XSLT vs Perl

[Robert Koberg <rob@xxxxxxxxxx>]

David Tolpin wrote:

> > From owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Tue Feb  3 17:03:55 2004
> > From: bry@xxxxxxxxxx
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [xsl] XSLT vs Perl
> > Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 13:39:45 CET
> >
> > declarative, functional?
>
>
> XSLT is not declarative, perl is as functional as XSLT.
>
>
> > conspires to destroy xslt? 
>
>
> I just think that XSLT 2.0 is very close to Perl, Python and Ruby,
> just not yet as mature. What's the need for one more language in
> this family?

use what you feel comfortable. some of us like well-formedness and 
validity.

are you simply trolling, or do you really have a point?

-Rob

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