Re: [xsl] XQuery Updates in XSLT

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

At 03:48 PM 10/29/2008, it was written:
> Yes. It's a few lines of easily readable XQuery Update, versus a few
> complete XSLT templates and an explanation of how the identity transform
> works.

This is sort of funny. Kind of like "it's a few lines of easily 
readable Japanese, versus a few English sentences and an explanation 
of English grammar."

There are millions of people to whom this is entirely sensible as a 
high recommendation, just as there are certainly many to whom the 
other claim makes sense.

And mind you, I *like* XQuery. I just don't think it's inherently 
easier. Apparently, neither do XQuery companies, who (I hear) are 
eager to find developers who are already conversant with XPath and 
don't expect XQuery over XML to work just like SQL over RDBMS. These 
are frequently people who have XSLT experience.

Cheers,
Wendell


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