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Re: Hello XQuery ... Goodbye XSLT?

• To: "DuCharme, Bob (LNG-CHO)" <bob.ducharme@l...>
• Subject: Re: Hello XQuery ... Goodbye XSLT?
• From: Oleg Tkachenko <oleg@t...>
• Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 19:01:35 +0200
• Cc: 'Peter Hunsberger' <peter.hunsberger@g...>, xml-dev@l...
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• Organization: Multiconn Technologies
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DuCharme, Bob (LNG-CHO) wrote:

> Understanding it and getting the factorial homework assignment done in
> school is one thing, but many people have productive careers without ever
> needing recursion, so they don't get practice at it, so when it comes up
> they avoid it. 
> 
> Some people can parallel park their car in their driving test, but they live
> somewhere where they never need to parallel park, so they avoid it when the
> possibility comes up. It doesn't mean they don't know how to drive. 

Parallel parking isn't realy fundamental part of driving. A better 
analogy could be manual/automatic gear cars - some people never drove 
manual one in a lifetime. And they are successful drivers, though with a 
limited expertise. But being in Europe, where 80% cars are with manual 
gear (ala having to write something in XSLT) they can feel some pain.

-- 
Oleg Tkachenko
http://blog.tkachenko.com
Multiconn Technologies, Israel

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