• From: Vassilis Papadimos <vpapad@c...>
• To: Dylan Walsh <Dylan.Walsh@k...>
• Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:46:21 -0700

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 09:59:03AM +0100, Dylan Walsh wrote:
> 
> >Maybe it all comes down to design goal #10 of XML:
> >
> >	10. Terseness in XML markup is of minimal importance.
> 
> ... which contradicts your complaint about XSLT. 

Actually, I think it goes against the goal of a compact, easy to 
read/write query language, encoded in XML. It just takes people longer
to read and understand a piece of code, when it's spread over more lines.

Best regards,

Vassilis.

P.S. Of course terseness can go too far sometimes - see APL!

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