Re: [xsl] Is there an XSLT/XPath processor good enough to use in life-cr

I remember myself copying all cards in a fully filled large crate (like
the ones you use when moving to another house) to just one 360 Kb floppy
disk.

The cards are more persistent though - you could still somehow deal with
them. With floppies, not a chance.

Pieter Masereeuw

On 11/15/19 6:49 PM, John Lumley john(_at_)saxonica(_dot_)com wrote:
> > On 15 Nov 2019, at 17:06, Michael Kay mike(_at_)saxonica(_dot_)com 
> > <xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
> >
> > (I remember a three-day trial of a mainframe operating system prior to 
> > release. The success criterion was that it achieved a mean time between 
> > failures above 24 hours. In the event there were 3 failures over 72 hours. 
> > They were all caused by the operator loading a particular deck of cards 
> > upside down. After three crashes he realised his mistake, and didn't do it 
> > again. What was the probability of that happening?)
> How many of the XSL list have ever handled a deck of (computer/Hollerith) 
> cards? Some of us are showing our age....
>
> John Lumley
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