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Re: [Fwd: Not-entirely-OT: XSLT theme song?]

• To: Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie@d...>
• Subject: Re: [Fwd: Not-entirely-OT: XSLT theme song?]
• From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>
• Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 11:12:29 -0400
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• Organization: Booz Allen Hamilton
• References: <4110F58A.4060306@d...>

There'll be a chorus at XML 2004...:P

Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz Allen Hamilton
Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World

Jonathan Robie wrote:
> 
> I found this amusing...
> 
> Jonathan
> 
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> Subject: Not-entirely-OT: XSLT theme song?
> Resent-Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 10:01:41 -0400 (EDT)
> Resent-From: public-qt-comments@w...
> Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 09:50:24 -0400
> From: "Joe Kesselman (Keshlam)" <keshlam@a...>
> Reply-To: keshlam@u...
> To: public-qt-comments@w...
> 
> Crossposted from the newsgroup rec.music.filk with the author's
> permission; thought you folks would appreciate it:
> 
> <?song version="1.0" name="XSLT" author="Robin Johnson"?>
> 
> Young man, there's no need to feel blue
> I said, young man, here's a language for you
> If your data doesn't look like it ought
> There's no need to feel so distraught
> 
> Young man, if you're going through hell
> Trying to transform all of your XML
> I said young man, are you listenin' to me?
> You can stick that damn ASP...
> 
> <xsl:template name="chorus">
> It's fun to program in XSLT!
> It's fun to program in XSLT!
> Every line in your code
> Is an XML node
> And the program is one big tree
> 
> It's fun to program in XSLT!
> It's fun to program in XSLT!
> It works functionally
> And it's side-effect free
> And the variables don't vary
> </xsl:template>
> 
> It's a language like no other you've seen
> It's got constructs that will make you turn green
> It's recursive as a thing that recurs
> And it ain't got no procedures
> 
> Young man - if you don't know .NET
> And you haven't read your Java books yet
> There is still time to learn XSLT
> It's almost as easy as C...
> 
> <xsl:call-template name="chorus"/>
> 
> XSLT!
> XSLT!
> Young man, young man, there's no need for distress!
> Young man, young man, put down that CSS!
> 
> XSLT!
> XSLT!
> XSLT!... etc.
> 
> Robin Johnson
> http://www.robinjohnson.f9.co.uk - rj at robinjohnson dot f9 dot co dot uk
> "The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely
> ever fail in contributing ultimately to the solid advantage of mankind."
>         - Mary Shelley
> 
> <graphic id="dancers" type="ascii-graphics" added-by="Joe Kesselman">
>           X        ,-     |
>          /0\       \0     |O___  ___O___
>          -|-       /\      |        |
>           |       |-'      |        |
>          / \     / \      / \      / \
> </graphic>
> 
> --
> Joe Kesselman, IBM Next-Gen Web Tech: XML, XSL, and more.
> 
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-- 
Kind Regards,
Joseph Chiusano
Associate
Booz Allen Hamilton

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