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To: Jonathan Borden <jborden@mediaone.net>
Subject: Re: s-expressions and XML was Re: [xml-dev] terra incognita
From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:26:14 -0800
Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
References: <022d01c186e1$3fa7ce10$0500a8c0@carnage><5.1.0.14.2.20011216205651.02475de0@pop.intergate.ca><200112171633.IAA06975@dragon.flightlab.com><015c01c18790$390a47e0$6800000a@brownell.org><062c01c187d3$180bf2d0$0a2e249b@nemc.org>

> There are many similarities between LISP and XSLT, 

I'd probably have said "Prolog" ... it's single-assignment (LISP isn't),
has pattern matching as its fundamental idiom (LISP doesn't), and
even uses N-ary trees (OK, LISP fakes them :).

- Dave

References:
- Re: [xml-dev] terra incognita
  - From: "Dare Obasanjo" <kpako@yahoo.com>
- Re: [xml-dev] terra incognita
  - From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- Re: [xml-dev] terra incognita
  - From: Joe English <jenglish@flightlab.com>
- Re: [xml-dev] terra incognita
  - From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
- s-expressions and XML was Re: [xml-dev] terra incognita
  - From: "Jonathan Borden" <jborden@mediaone.net>

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