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Subject: Re: alternatives to XSL (was RE: Microsoft extensions)
From: Paul Prescod <papresco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 17:16:04 -0600
Re: alternatives to XSL (was RE: Microsoft extensions)
"Lawton, Scott" wrote:
> 
> > XML to HTML is a trivial problem
> 
> I suspect your definition of trivial must differ from mine....

Sure, it is easier for me because I have done it dozens of times, but even
for someone who hasn't, what are the hard problems? I'm on the road, and
I've got a novice programmer back at the office doing it in Python right
now, so maybe I better check in with him. :)

> > that has
> > been solved with free software since before there was an XML.
> > If you are into easy scripting language, Python...
> 
> Sure, I could roll my own 

In what sense is using Python's built-in, carefully designed XML toolkit
"rolling your own"?

> So, I'm looking for alternatives to XSL that are
> a bit higher level than conventional scripting languages.
>
> OmniMark LE has been suggested (I downloaded it and will take a look);
> anything else?

I don't think of Omnimark as high-level. I think of it as ultra low-level.
It is focused on the nuts and bolts of the text. BTW, if you don't know
Omnimark, I wouldn't suggest you learn it on a deadline. You'll have a lot
more success using a conventional language that will build on your
existing knowledge.

 Paul Prescod  - http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco

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people, more than enough to fill the earth. In 300 years, we will have
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years we will have filled up 200 billion earth-sized planets (roughly,
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