Subject: [xsl] Paradox(was: RE: [xsl] Result still indented despite indent="no") From: Mukul Gandhi <mukul_gandhi@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:49:55 -0800 (PST) |
Sorry for another post about this subject:) I got tempted:) I just read an interesting story.. An Excellent example of 'Paradox' -------------------------------- Paradox - "A statement that seems contradictory or absurd but is actually valid or true." Few centuries ago, a Law teacher came across a student who was willing to learn but was unable to pay the fee. The student struck a deal saying, "I would pay your fee the day I win my first case in the court". Teacher agreed and proceeded with the law course. When the course was finished and teacher started pestering the student to pay up the fee, student reminded the deal and pushed days. Fed up with this, the teacher decided to sue the student in the court of law and both of them decided to argue for themselves. The teacher put forward his argument saying: "If I win this case, as per the court of law, student has to pay me. And if I lose the case, student will still pay me because he would have won his first case. So either way I will have to get the money".Equally brilliant student argued back saying: "If I win the case, as per the court of law, I don't have to pay anything to the teacher. And if I lose the case, I don't have to pay him because I haven't won my first case yet. So either way, I am not going to pay the teacher anything". This is one of the greatest paradoxes ever recorded in history. It seems, IE's MSXML parser behaviour(about whitespaces) offers another interesting paradox in our history!.. Regards, Mukul --- Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > While MSXML may be conformant according to the > letter, this is only by > virtue of buck-passing. It would be no less > conformant if it worked only > with a parser that threw away all occurrences of the > letter 'e' in your data. > > It's kind of like there being nothing wrong with > your car just because the > tire is flat. You can still drive it -- so what's > the problem? (The problem > is that you can't get tires for this car that aren't > flat.) > > It's a pity, since in other respects the MSXML > engine does so nicely. > > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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