RE: [xml-dev] xPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0 ... size increase over v1.0

["Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@microsoft.com>]

Of course, a lot of the gains you claim come from moving from XSLT 1.0 to XSLT 2.0 can be gained by simply extending XSLT's function library. Look at http://www.exslt.org or http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnexxml/html/xml05192003.asp for examples of what I mean. 
 

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From: Erik Bruchez [mailto:erik@bruchez.org]
Sent: Tue 6/10/2003 10:14 AM
To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] xPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0 ... size increase over v1.0



As languages, XSLT 1.0 and XPath 1.0 are very much flawed. Think about
the RTF hell, the minimal function library, the heavy syntax for
conditionals and calling templates, the inability to iterate through
anything but node-sets, etc. I see XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 as much
needed fixes to the original specifications. An XSTL 2.0 program
(stylesheet) of medium to high complexity will be much easier to write
and understand than the same program in XSLT 1.0. Download Saxon 7 and
play with it to see for yourself.

Also, there is a natural need for more functionality. If you were to
look at the evolution of Java over the last eight years, what would
you find out?  My guess is that Java has largely beaten the market
growth ;-)

-Erik

Dave Pawson wrote:
 > At 21:54 09/06/2003 +0100, Michael Kay wrote:
 >
 >
 >> And your conclusion is?
 >>
 >> I think that if you actually measure the size of the languages by number
 >> of productions, operators, elements, attributes, etc, then you find
 >> XPath has grown by about 70% and XSLT by around 40% - which is an annual
 >> growth rate of about 10-15%. The rest of the growth in the document
 >> sizes represents more thorough specification of each language feature.
 >
 >
 > I wonder what the reaction will be when the server side users start
 > to experiment?
 >
 > A quick laugh, then back to 1.0?
 >
 > regards DaveP


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