On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Wendell Piez
<wapiez(_at_)wendellpiez(_dot_)com> wrote:
Hi,
I like to tell dot-and-curly-brace fans that XSLT syntax ends up as a
kind of "syntax coloring" for experienced users. We don't read the
tags any more: we can tell what's happening from scanning the match
patterns, select expressions, LREs, modes and a few other things;
True. With Vim colour coding I don't notice the XML syntax at all. It
is no hindrance to me.
and
it turns out the verbosity of the XSLT tag set is weirdly conducive to
this kind of "in your head" compiling. Indeed, this verbosity may be
more apparent than real, since while XSLT claims screen space, the
list of possible elements in XSLT is actually quite short -- with the
result that for an experienced user, @match, @select and LREs really
jump out.
The truth is that not allowing yourself to be distracted by syntax is
a skill that (like being multi-paradigm) not enough programmers
master. You should be able to see through the syntax and get at the
underlying concepts in fact I wonder whether unfamiliarity with the
concepts is the underlying factor at play.
I wish I were more perfect in this regard but the truth is that I
have always had difficulty reading Java.
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