Just tell Brandon Thomas, and he will produce an open-source clone of
Saxon, plus the wanted new functionality.

After cloning Photoshop and Word, this will be just a small exercise for
him.

https://decrypt.co/380991/developer-cloned-photoshop-ai-just-did-same-microso
ft-office

" *Brandon Thomas, the engineer behind the ArtCraft project, published the
apps on GitHub as WordCraft
<https://github.com/storytold/wordcraft>, GridCraft
<https://github.com/storytold/gridcraft> and DeckCraft
<https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft>. Open source means anyone can
read, copy, and modify the code, and the MIT and Apache 2.0 licenses let
people reuse it even commercially.* "

Fortunately for all, the dependency on vendors, the risks and limitations
of their lock-ins are over.

We are entering a new era, where one just has to clearly imagine and define
the wanted functionality - then have it implemented promptly.

Say GoodBy to the behemoths...

p



On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 9:48b/AM Graydon graydon@xxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Given an XSLT 3/XPath 3.1 processor (Saxon-J 12.9 in oXygen), is there a
> practical way to hash strings?
>
> I'd suppose there might be a Java function, but if so, I have no idea
> what it is, and some searching sugguests hashing isn't a core function
> thing.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Graydon Saunders  | graydonish@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> \xDE\xE6s ofer\xE9ode, \xF0isses sw\xE1 m\xE6g.
> -- Deor  ("That passed, so may this.")