RE: [xml-dev] RE: Declarative programming requires a different mindset

["Michael Kay" <mike@saxonica.com>]

> >  "XHTML is a declarative programming language."
> >
> > It's not a programming language.
> 
> Why not? it's write-only. You are telling the computer what 
> to do. 

Well, perhaps there are people who think that when they type a postcode into
a satnav, they are programming a computer. In my book they aren't. In my
view, the essence of programming is computational (or Turing-) completeness.

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
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