> > I know that variables are constants in XSL
>
> well better to say variables hold values (as they do in mathematics)
> rather then hold references to values (as they do in imperative
> programming languages)

I still think that variables are misnamed in XSL as they aren't (variable that
is).

I'd never heard the term "variable" used until I started programming
computers, and I remaind slightly suspicious of the implication that they have
a meaning in mathematics.  I thought they were called "values" there.


Uncertainly,
Richard.