Re: [xsl] "...how a few lines of XQuery can often do more than a large XSLT stylesheet."

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

M.D.,

At 12:21 AM 3/22/2005, you wrote:
> It seems that  this statement > "and how a few lines of
> XQuery can often do more than a large XSLT stylesheet." is a tad shy
> of what could be considered even close to realistic but before I find
> myself at the top of somebody's else "hit list" I thought I would get
> the opinions of the community.

Don't take the bait. It could be true, in one particular case they have in 
mind (or maybe they're comparing a good XQuery to a bad stylesheet :-), 
while other balancing complications might also be true:

* Sometimes the reverse might be the case: a stylesheet to do simply what a 
query can hardly do at all
* Using XSLT 2.0, you'll be able to write either or both "XSLT-heavy" or 
"XPath-heavy" code, or both together (which is maybe both a problem and a 
blessing)

But what fun would that be? Marketing-speak frequently tries to cast things 
into presumed zero-sum, win/lose competitions, and doesn't know how to sell 
network effects. (XSLT *and* XQuery, whoa baby.)

> It could be that this is just tease bait to use an exciting keyphrase
> to lure in those who would otherwise not attend but thats only one,
> very small possibility it would seem.

Yes exactly and why even speculate? A marketer has written something 
technically arguable, in an effort to lure customers. The author of the 
copy might not even have a firm grasp of the meaning of the nouns deployed. 
If I could have a nickel every time that happened, etc.

Cheers,
Wendell


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