> > Hmmm, perhaps it will ultimately be performance characteristics that
> > become the main reason to use Xquery over XSLT.
> 
> If you think the choice will be made rationally on objective criteria,
>
> you are more of an optimist than I am. Since when did anyone choose 
> their programming languages rationally?

But when a choice has been made, it is often pleasant to rationalize.

http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ch04s02.html  -- compactness and orthogonality

David Tolpin
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