Re: XSLT vs JSP

Chuck Robey wrote:
> 
> *authors*, not even editors, use troff ... if it is that simple, why
> cannot W3C make a markup system that is simple enough to describe it?

If you want something like TROFF in XML syntax then you could use the W3C
XSL formatting objects directly (without XSL). Note that this is
considered an unconscionable evil in some quarters. I wouldn't admit
online to having done such a thing.

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