At 9:08 AM -0700 3/30/04, M. David Peterson wrote:
I don't know of any other technology that is using XPath at the core of
its functionality. Therefore I don't know if this argument is true for
every instance of XPath implementation. Anyone know of another
implementation that would not be considered a functional language?
Absolutely. Consider Jaxen or any of the other XPath APIs to
non-functional languages. Or consider XSLT + the non-functional
extensions some vendors provide. There's nothing in XPath that
requires it to be implemented only in a functional language.
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Elliotte Rusty Harold
elharo(_at_)metalab(_dot_)unc(_dot_)edu
Effective XML (Addison-Wesley, 2003)
http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/effectivexml
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0321150406/ref%3Dnosim/cafeaulaitA