RE: XSLT vs Perl

> > Actually, the way XSLT 2.0 is going, I'd much prefer XSLT 
> 1.1 or 1.5: 

Submit your comments re XSLT 2.0, it's a completely democratic
process.....

> > add the grouping and date handling, remove the nodeset/rtf 
> > distinction, and fix a couple of other warts in XSLT 1.0.  *That* 
> > would be a killer language.

Where is the battle, XSLT 2.0 has grouping and date handling in
spades...and has removed the need for nodeset.

> > The situations that demand input/output validation and XQuery 
> > integration are totally separate domains.  That greatly complicates 
> > XSLT 2.0, and obscures the fact that part of XSLT 2.0 is XSLT 1.0 - 
> > warts + fixes.

Huh ? This doesn't make any sense, part of XSLT 2.0 is XSLT 1.0.

Cheese and onions, Jim Fuller


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