[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

Re: Why not reinvent the wheel?

• From: Jonathan Robie <Jonathan.Robie@S...>
• To: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@h...>, xml-dev@l...
• Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 10:22:43 -0500

At 09:15 AM 2/26/2001 -0500, Thomas B. Passin wrote:

>So I say, I want a query language that is intended for queries, that is
>compact and readable,  that can produce node-sets (and possibly xml and text
>output), and that can be used for updates and inserts.  Path navigation should
>be as familiar to me as possible, and if it's essentially xpath that's all the
>better.

Great summary!

>It sounds to me that this is happening, and I have no complaints - except I
>want it today!

Thanks! We're working as fast as we can while still answering XML-Dev 
emails ;->

Jonathan

These are my opinions right now. They may be quite different from the 
opinions of Software AG, the W3C XML Query Working Group, or the opinions 
that I will have after reading and considering your response.

• Prev by Date: Re: XQuery: is FLWR a <xsl:foreach/> ?
• Next by Date: Re: Reinventing the wheel (an implementor point of view)
• Previous by thread: Re: Why not reinvent the wheel?
• Next by thread: Re: Why not reinvent the wheel?
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread