Re: [xsl] Running XSLT from Python

["Paul Tyson phtyson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/19/25 12:19, Michael Kay michaelkay90@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Oh - I should qualify - *in public* - we don't know what people are doing who are not talking about it.
> That's a very big qualification: I think we only see the tip of the iceberg on the public internet, and most IT activity is conducted in private. Further, the bigger and longer-duration the project, the more likely it is to be "under the radar", and the less likely it is to be following the latest fashions.
>
> The story we see at Saxonica, based on revenue from paying customers, is one of slow but steady year-on-year growth.
Encouraging words, Michael, for this dinosaur (I keep Goldfarb's SGML 
Handbook ready at hand; I have a printout of the DSSSL spec; I mourned 
the neglect of HyTime for decades). XML and associated processing 
technologies are for organizations that produce lots of long-lived, 
important documents, and it appeals to people with the mental capacity 
to appreciate and grapple with the problems associated with that endeavor.
> We do of course see cases where the XSLT enthusiast who created an application a few years ago has now left and the new people are struggling to work out how to move it forward.
I resemble that remark. Been doing it for 30 years now. Except my first 
attempt, written in Cold Fusion, because XSLT wasn't available.
> But we also see a steady stream of new customers.

That's good.

Best,
--Paul

> Michael Kay
> Saxonica