Re: Xpath
Tod Harter <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:23:42 -0500
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--===============1332920427== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d04388e1b9a633d04d08ce22f --f46d04388e1b9a633d04d08ce22f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 It is a bit of a thing to wrap your head around, and XSLT is certainly not the most friendly example of a functional language, but once you do get a grip on it its kind of elegant. Really I think mostly I'd like a non-xml syntax to use, that would make it a lot more fun. The other thing is XSLT2 is a LOT nicer, but unfortunately probably will never have an implementation with perl bindings. On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Thomas Krichel <[email protected]> wrote: > Tod Harter writes > > > IF you know XSLT (or if you're going to learn it anyway there's > > no time like the present). Its a useful language to know. > > Coming from Perl, I found it hard to learn as you have > to unlearn procedural thinking. > > Cheers, > > Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel > http://authorprofile.org/pkr1 > skype: thomaskrichel > -- The Wise adapts himself to the world. The Fool adapts the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the Fool. --f46d04388e1b9a633d04d08ce22f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It is a bit of a thing to wrap your head around, and XSLT is certainly not = the most friendly example of a functional language, but once you do get a g= rip on it its kind of elegant. Really I think mostly I'd like a non-xml= syntax to use, that would make it a lot more fun. The other thing is XSLT2= is a LOT nicer, but unfortunately probably will never have an implementati= on with perl bindings. <br> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Thomas Kric= hel <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"= _blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"g= mail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-l= eft:1ex"> =A0 Tod Harter writes<br> <div class=3D"im"><br> > IF you know XSLT (or if you're going to learn it anyway there'= s<br> > no time like the present). Its a useful language to know.<br> <br> </div>=A0 Coming from Perl, I found it hard to learn as you have<br> =A0 to unlearn procedural thinking.<br> <div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br> =A0 Cheers,<br> <br> =A0 Thomas Krichel =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0<a href=3D"http:/= /openlib.org/home/krichel" target=3D"_blank">http://openlib.org/home/kriche= l</a><br> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= <a href=3D"http://authorprofile.org/pkr1" target=3D"_blank">http://authorp= rofile.org/pkr1</a><br> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0skype: thomaskrichel<br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>The Wise ad= apts himself to the world. The Fool adapts the world to himself. Therefore,= all progress depends on the Fool.<br> --f46d04388e1b9a633d04d08ce22f-- --===============1332920427== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Perl-XML mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs --===============1332920427==--