Go for the XSL as a topic for sure.

Post #13,855 by admin 10/17/01 7:09:43 PM Reply	Go for the XSL as a topic for sure. I've got some good suggestions for that column if you need them. :-) Inthane: now that Todd has raised the specter of Smalltalk and ObjectiveC... there are a whole host of languages that don't require you to inherit/implement any particular defined interface. If the object responds to a method, then everything is happy. Python is like that too. You can inherit if you want to (multiple at that) but it isn't necessary. Regards, -scott anderson
Post #13,884 by inthane-chan 10/17/01 9:59:47 PM Reply	The problem right now... ...is too much learning to do, not enough time. Soon as I get done with school, hopefully things will be a little more sane. :P "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #13,991 by tuberculosis 10/18/01 1:57:35 PM 8/21/07 6:25:04 AM Reply	I'd love to hear them mail em to tblanchard at mac dot com if you want
Post #13,999 by admin 10/18/01 2:35:46 PM Reply	Couple of quickies: 1) Can't set variables. You can set constants, but not change them. 2) Everything is recursive. You have to do really convoluted things to increment a variable, for example. 3) Everything must be valid XML. What this means in practice is that you can't string together links (a href="[link\|http://some/url/[some\|http://some/url/[some] inserted data]") without doing obtuse verbose cartwheels. 4) Verbose, verbose, verbose. XSL looks to be over twice as big as a corresponding template-style solution. 5) I have yet to figure out how to URL-quote stuff in XSL. 6) Sloooooow. XSL was twice as slow as a corresponding template-style solution (Velocity) in my testing. Enough to get you started? :-) Regards, -scott anderson
Post #14,108 by static 10/19/01 1:06:47 AM Reply	eXtensible Mangling Language It's looking like XSL is shaping up to be How Not To Create A Language That Can ReWrite Itself. Or something. I must admit I got lost reading an overview of how XSL is supposed to work. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #14,397 by deSitter 10/21/01 3:45:14 AM Reply	Heh In practice, XML is more or less like a shitty COBOL program. Call it "Dynamic Bad COBOL". Or "BRACKETBOL". I'm sure that in your genius hands it's a marvel. What I saw at Mastercard, for a massive Java application, was not very impressive. But then again, neither are the H1Bs who made itl.
Post #14,035 by inthane-chan 10/18/01 5:11:44 PM Reply	That's how VB defines things... ...much as I hate to admit using VB... If I've got a method or function, something else can call it. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

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