-----Original Message-----
From: Américo Albuquerque
[mailto:aalbuquerque(_at_)viseu(_dot_)ipiaget(_dot_)pt]
On several posts I've read somebody (I think was David
Carlise, but I'm not sure) saying that we have to change the way we
think XSLT. That C programmers, VB programmers, and alike, should try to
think in a functional way instead of a programatical one.
That's because you *do* have to think differently when using XSLT than when
using OOP.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of
Dimitre
Novatchev
As seen in microsoft.public.xml ... :o)
This hole XML DOM s**t is overly complex.
It has tens and tens of methods and properties. and what
are all these interfaces and objects for?
this sucks sucks sucks sucks sucks sucks sucks sucks sucks
sucks sucks sucks.
I know Dimitre is just having fun here, but isn't this poster's complaint more
with object-oriented programming than with MS programming in general? Java and
.NET require, if not knowledge of, at least access to, references to extensive
object libraries. If the poster isn't having some fun with OOP, it's best to
find another line of work, I would think.
As for XSLT and its "peculiarities", Dimitre speaks well to the fact that the
core programming style for XSLT has been around for a very long time. He has
also heard my confessions that I have long considered myself a neophyte
programmer and that getting a handle on XSLT has vastly improved my overall
programming skills, and has actually improved my OOP programming for some
reason.
XSLT, in fact, is itself a great teacher, and a very good way to introduce
newcomers to programming.
Chuck White
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