RE: [xml-dev] XML in the alleged Real World

["Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>]

Understand side effects.

 

len

From: Joel Amoussou [mailto:jamoussou@xmlmentor.net]

 

In that regard, I belive the XML Infoset is a very important spec for any one who is new to the XML world. For XSLT, newcomers need to do the following:

 

1. Understand the problems with procedural programming

2. Understand what is functional programming

3. Understand why functional programming is good for XSLT (or rather good for what XSLT is designed to do)

4. "Unlearn" procedural programming techniques while learning XSLT syntax