RE: The document() function....again !!

Prolog is even worse!
=8oÞ

Paulo

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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Kay Michael
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 11:52
>
>
> > IMVHO XSL is too contra human to be the first language.
>
> I'm not sure I'd want to teach anyone XSLT as their first
> language, I'm not
> sure it would be doing them a service, but it would probably be
> easier than
> teaching it as a second language! I don't think there's anything in XSLT
> that is more "contra-human" than any other language, but there
> are plenty of
> things that are "contra-programmer", if you happen to be a programmer who
> has only used procedural, imperative languages.
>
> For information, XSLT is the first time in my career I've been exposed to
> functional programming, except as a theoretical concept.
>
> Mike Kay


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