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Re: Rescuing XSLT from Niche Status
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] Rescuing XSLT from Niche Status
- From: Uche Ogbuji <uche dot ogbuji at FourThought dot com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 23:40:44 -0700
- cc: "David Carlisle" <davidc at nag dot co dot uk>, costello at mitre dot org
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> > This is just what some people call the "pull" method.
> > In fact XSLT has a mechanism which is specifically there to make it act
> > more like the ASP type of templating language that you mention.
>
> Agreed, this is just the pull method, but all too often I see this method
> being dissed in favor of the more powerful push. While this makes sense for
> those who are already experts in XSLT and pushing the envelope, I believe it
> is detrimental to have most people's initial exposure to XSLT be push
> formulated stylesheets. My main issue is that of advocacy and how to help
> XSLT achieve mass popularity on the order of PHP, ASP and other favored web
> application tools.
I don't see the point of this. If people prefer using ASP or PHP, why don't
they do so?
I've heard sone folks on this list looking forward to a time when XSLT can be
all things to all people. This thought scares me much more than the idea that
a gaggle of ASP or JSP script punters might have a look at XSLT and decide
against it.
--
Uche Ogbuji Principal Consultant
uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com +1 303 583 9900 x 101
Fourthought, Inc. http://Fourthought.com
4735 East Walnut St, Ste. C, Boulder, CO 80301-2537, USA
Software-engineering, knowledge-management, XML, CORBA, Linux, Python
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