Re: [xsl] Xalan XSLT 3.0 implementation status

["Mukul Gandhi mukulg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mike,
    Thanks for the thoughts.

Thanks to others as well who responded within this mail thread.

I've also been thinking these days, again about programming language
paradigms imperative vs declarative. XSLT is a declarative language.

Declarative language allows us to have a framework (an XSL processor in
case of XSLT) do lots of useful abstract computations in background on
behalf of a declarative language program. Declarative language program is
also usually smaller with lesser side effects, than an
equivalent imperative language program, which is a good thing to have for a
declarative program application.

On Sat, Dec 20, 2025 at 11:06b/PM Michael Kay michaelkay90@xxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One of the things that really boosted XSLT adoption in the early days was
> having products attempt to leapfrog each other, and users able to point out
> areas where one implementation was doing better than others. It would be
> great to see that happen again.
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
>


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Regards,
Mukul Gandhi