Re: Future of XSL Stylesheet Writing?

On 9/27/07, Abel Braaksma wrote:
> XSLT is *not* the "next big thing", nor will it never be. It is niche
> language, it is designed for a very specific domain: transformation of
> data from one format in another. That you can solve math puzzles with it
> is nice, but you can choose any language to do so (some are just better
> at it). It's main task is and will be transforming data.
>
I do not see it as a limitation however, since any programming task
can be seen as a data transformation. It might be part of the
greatness of XSLT that it gives you a focused perspective on exactly
that, and provides the most relevant tools to solve this complex task
without all the bells and whistles coming along in other programming
languages.

Very nice post by the way :)

With regards,

Eric Brichemier