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Re: RE: Declarative programming requires a different mindset

• From: Stephen Green <stephengreenubl@gmail.com>
• To: Norman Gray <norman@astro.gla.ac.uk>
• Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:01:54 +0100

'Many a true word spoken in jest.'

Many a 'strawman' idea being found to be just what was needed.

Best regards

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Stephen D Green




On 12 April 2010 21:32, Norman Gray <norman@astro.gla.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> On 2010 Apr 12, at 21:16, Stephen Green wrote:
>
>> E.g. XSLT declarative stylesheets
>> can do so much because the XSLT processor and the
>> expressiveness of the XSLT language are so powerful that the
>> stylesheet is practically 'king'.
>
> Eh?
>
> I still very strongly suspect that XSLT was a James Clark joke.  After being told that DSSSL would never take off because it had the wrong shape of brackets, is it not the case that he came back with a spoof mini-subset of it which had the right brackets, but which was received with such rapturous acclaim that he never had the heart to confess it was intended as a gag.
>
> No?
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Norman
>
>
> --
> Norman Gray  :  http://nxg.me.uk
>
>

• References:
  • RE: Declarative programming requires a different mindset
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
  • Re: RE: Declarative programming requires a differentmindset
    • From: Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org>
  • RE: RE: Declarative programming requires a differentmindset
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
  • Re: RE: Declarative programming requires a different mindset
    • From: Kendall Shaw <kshaw@kendallshaw.com>
  • Re: RE: Declarative programming requires a different mindset
    • From: Stephen Green <stephengreenubl@gmail.com>
  • Re: RE: Declarative programming requires a different mindset
    • From: Norman Gray <norman@astro.gla.ac.uk>