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RE: XPath 2.0 - how much of XQuery should it include?

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• Subject: RE: XPath 2.0 - how much of XQuery should it include?
• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• Date: 10 May 2002 15:44:29 -0400
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On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 15:31, Jonathan Robie wrote:
> Sarcasm is so easy. Finding solutions that will meet the needs of all our 
> users is so difficult.  I guess that makes those of us who design these 
> things very vulnerable.

Pity for the designers aside, you may find that a lot of the anger and
sarcasm comes from people who are in fact vulnerable to the consequences
of the things being designed.  There's a full circle here, one which
doesn't always (often?) connect.

Yes, the designer's job is hard, especially when designers and users
have very different perspectives on the work.

-- 
Simon St.Laurent
Ring around the content, a pocket full of brackets
Errors, errors, all fall down!
http://simonstl.com

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