Re: The suitability of XSL

From: Michael Ludwig <[email protected]>
> Jenda Krynicky schrieb am 07.12.2009 um 21:53:10 (+0100):
> 
> > This is actually my biggest problem with XSLT. Its design is a direct
> > result of "the only thing I have is a hammer, so everything'd beter
> > look like nails". That is, the only thing I have is a XML parser so
> > everything should be XML.
> 
> By "design", I think, you're referring to the fact (trivial, at the end
> of the day) that XSLT is written in XML syntax. I agree that it's a bit
> more verbose than regular expressions, and not quite as friendly on the
> eyes :-) But well, it also has advantages. Think stuff like:
> 
>   <xsl:copy><Bla><xsl:apply-templates/></Bla></xsl:copy>
> 
> Programming language and literal result elements are nicely integrated.
> You have to admit that it's not that bad at all.

So nicely that you can't tell them apart. Similar things should look 
similar, different things should look different.

> Actually, I think you should make a time investment to find out about
> XML editors, or what VIM and Emacs can do for you. I'm a VIM user and
> with just a tiny bit of customization, editing XSLT works very well.

vi(m) can do only one thing to me. Make me angry. And I do not have 
two years to invest in learning and setting up yet another operating 
system that was originaly supposed to be an editor.

I don't think I'm gonna invest time in either. I can do what I need 
with XML::Rules.

Jenda
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