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[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: xPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0 ... size increase over v1.0
 Of course, a lot of the gains you claim come from moving from XSLT 1.0 to XSLT 2.0 can be gained by simply extending XSLT's function library. Look at http://www.exslt.org or http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnexxml/html/xml05192003.asp for examples of what I mean. ________________________________ From: Erik Bruchez [mailto:erik@b...] Sent: Tue 6/10/2003 10:14 AM To: xml-dev@l... Subject: Re: xPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0 ... size increase over v1.0 As languages, XSLT 1.0 and XPath 1.0 are very much flawed. Think about the RTF hell, the minimal function library, the heavy syntax for conditionals and calling templates, the inability to iterate through anything but node-sets, etc. I see XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 as much needed fixes to the original specifications. An XSTL 2.0 program (stylesheet) of medium to high complexity will be much easier to write and understand than the same program in XSLT 1.0. Download Saxon 7 and play with it to see for yourself. Also, there is a natural need for more functionality. If you were to look at the evolution of Java over the last eight years, what would you find out? My guess is that Java has largely beaten the market growth ;-) -Erik Dave Pawson wrote: > At 21:54 09/06/2003 +0100, Michael Kay wrote: > > >> And your conclusion is? >> >> I think that if you actually measure the size of the languages by number >> of productions, operators, elements, attributes, etc, then you find >> XPath has grown by about 70% and XSLT by around 40% - which is an annual >> growth rate of about 10-15%. The rest of the growth in the document >> sizes represents more thorough specification of each language feature. > > > I wonder what the reaction will be when the server side users start > to experiment? > > A quick laugh, then back to 1.0? > > regards DaveP ----------------------------------------------------------------- The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> 
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