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> I am just asking about advantages of use XSLT 2.0 over many > similar tools. XSLT 1.0 is highly successful. It's the language of choice for people who want to do XML transformations. You say so yourself. Yet we all know on this list that XSLT 1.0 has severe limitations. It's very hard to do grouping, it's hard to do string manipulation, it's hard to handle dates. We've provided facilities in 2.0 that greatly ease these problems. Therefore, if people preferred XSLT 1.0 over other languages when performing these tasks, despite its shortcomings, they will certainly prefer XSLT 2.0 over other languages. Is that a good enough rationale for you? OK, I know it probably isn't. You've made your mind up. Michael Kay P.S. Renaming functions because someone thinks of a better name is not what the game is about. It would be totally irresponsible to make incompatible changes on such a whim, and no-one would thank us for it - for everyone who liked the new name, there would be two who preferred the old name, and a hundred who don't care what it's called so long as it doesn't change. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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