Re: [xsl] "Absurd" for XSLT... :o) (Was: Re: [xsl] when to use xslt)

[Mark Lundquist <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 14, 2005, at 12:03 AM, Dimtre Novatchev wrote:

> > Obviously this suitability test can be stretched into something
> > absurd,
> > e.g.:
> >
> >        input:
> >
> >                <number-of-primes>6<number-of-primes>
> >
> >        output:
> >
> >                <primes>1,2,3,5,7,11</primes>
> >
> > Using XLST to do that computation would not be a great idea :-)...
>
> Why do you think so?
>
> See the XSLT solution of the Google's "Find the first sequence of 10
> consecutive digits of e, which is a prime number"
>
> at:
>     http://www.xsltblog.com/archives/code/code_of_the_day/index.html

Touchi! :-)

Very nice.

Cheers,
-ml-