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Re: The limits of XML mean the limits of my data world

• From: Marcus Reichardt <u123724@gmail.com>
• To: "Liam R. E. Quin" <liam@fromoldbooks.org>
• Date: Mon, 30 May 2022 09:45:07 +0200

Begging (raising) the question why XSLT does have to be in XML syntax,
and why nobody has bothered to invent an alternative non-XML syntax.
AFAICS, the only rationale of XSLT being XML itself can be that XML
literals can be used with ease. But that's not exclusive when other
languages have those as well; for example, JavaScript had E4X and has
JSX (React) now, and also ES6+ template strings. Of the language more
similar to XSLT, Prolog can of course fit the bill, and you don't have
to chastise yourself with XML syntax and damn selector/template
priorities.

Marcus
sgml.io

On 5/30/22, Liam R. E. Quin <liam@fromoldbooks.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 2022-05-29 at 19:49 -0700, Dimitre Novatchev wrote:
>> >
>>
>> There is no disagreement here about what can be done using XSLT.
>>
>> But the question is not about this! The question is what can be
>> expressed
>> with XML.
>
> It may have escaped your attention, but XSLT uses XML syntax :)
>
>>
>
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• References:
  • The limits of XML mean the limits of my data world
    • From: Roger L Costello <costello@mitre.org>
  • Re: The limits of XML mean the limits of my data world
    • From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@gmail.com>
  • Re: The limits of XML mean the limits of my data world
    • From: "Liam R. E. Quin" <liam@fromoldbooks.org>
  • Re: The limits of XML mean the limits of my data world
    • From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@gmail.com>
  • Re: The limits of XML mean the limits of my data world
    • From: "Liam R. E. Quin" <liam@fromoldbooks.org>