Subject: Re: [xsl] RE: Are there things missing in XSLT which force people to use, say, Java to process XML? From: Max Toro <maxtoroq@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:32:36 -0300 |
> (1) XSLT is a complete programming language, but doesn't support > most things most developers need to do. (Graphics, networking, > relational database access, parsing HTTP headers, generating RSS > feeds, peer-to-peer networking, memory management & caching, thread > management, MIDI programming, the list goes on and on and on). General-purpose programming languages also don't support those other things, like talking to a database or sending email. There is no "send email" or "update database" keyword/expression in Java/C#, you use the language extensibility to accomplish those things, such as class libraries. In XSLT you use extension functions/instructions, URI resolvers, result document handlers, etc. You could do everything in XSLT/XPath, you just need more libraries. -- Max Toro On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Costello, Roger L. <costello@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I recently saw the following assertions. Can you help me refute them please: > > (1) XSLT is a complete programming language, but doesn't support > most things most developers need to do. (Graphics, networking, > relational database access, parsing HTTP headers, generating RSS > feeds, peer-to-peer networking, memory management & caching, thread > management, MIDI programming, the list goes on and on and on). > > (2) Java (and others) were also designed to be enterprise-class programming > languages. This means the assumption that many programmers will collaborate > around a large project. Encapsulation and complexity hiding are very important. > A strongly typed, compiled language (not interpreted) is also important. > In short, XSLT wasn't designed for "programming in the large". > > /Roger
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