On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 02:51:34PM +0000, Andrew Welch scripsit:
> I remember being genuinely confused why anyone would call xsl:variable
> "xsl:variable" when it was in fact a constant.

It was a source of considerable joy to me to realize that the hoary
complaint "Variables won't.  Constants aren't." was true of XSLt as a
matter of considered design.

-- Graydon