Re: xsl:lambda was RE: W3C-transformation language petition

the bible:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262011530/

good luck!
Steven

---Guy_Murphy@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> 
> Hi Jonathan.
> 
> This isn't the first time I've seen discussion of LISP as a good
example of
> a declarative language, with relevance to XSL.
> 
> Can anybody recommend some good primer material on the Net? I'm not
> interested in learning LISP for application development, just to see
what I
> might learn about declarative models in general, and specifically
how it
> relates to XSL. Something discussing LISP methodologies as they might
> differ from traditional imperative methodologies would be ideal.
> 
> Thanks for any pointers.
> 
> Cheers
>      Guy.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 03/09/99 08:19:02 AM
> 
> To:   xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> cc:    (bcc: Guy Murphy/UK/MAID)
> Subject:  xsl:lambda was RE: W3C-transformation language petition
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [SNIP]
>         my first inclination was to suggest that a free Java
DSSSL/Scheme
> implementation might do for client side transformations what XSL
does (or
> might do) and more...
> ...but when you think about it, this might not be true... HTML is alot
> closer to XML than Lisp in its syntax and HTML remains the most
important
> output format if we are concerned about client side applications.
> what I am interested in doing is employing XSL as a client application
> 'language' for browser based client apps. So, what I need for XSL is
to
> grow
> into something akin to an XML based Scheme.  It already has a cons
and car
> and cdr and eq. XSL needs a lambda and defun and recursion. That's the
> stuff
> that ought be between <xsl:eval> rather than Javascript.
> Jonathan Borden
> http://jabr.ne.mediaone.net
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