RE: [xsl] XPath is NOT a functional language

[Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 9:08 AM -0700 3/30/04, M. David Peterson wrote:
> I don't know of any other technology that is using XPath at the core of
> its functionality.  Therefore I don't know if this argument is true for
> every instance of XPath implementation.  Anyone know of another
> implementation that would not be considered a functional language?


Absolutely. Consider Jaxen or any of the other XPath APIs to 
non-functional languages. Or consider XSLT + the non-functional 
extensions some vendors provide.  There's nothing in XPath that 
requires it to be implemented only in a functional language.
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  Elliotte Rusty Harold
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