Hi guys. I use XSL everyday and what you need to understand it's not a generic programming langague like Python, it's a DSL meant for transforming from one form

Hi guys. I use XSL everyday and what you need to understand it's not a generic programming langague like Python, it's a DSL meant for transforming from one form of XML to another. If you're doing x = x +2 in XSL you're doing it wrong and that's why it's so awkward. XSL is very strong in that one domain only - declaratively transforming XML. It's actually much easier to maintain rules than any other language I tried for this particular purpose. I just hope people won't try to use it too much - it has it's own niche and because XML is everywhere now it's a fairly big niche, but it's best used sparingly and in combination with other technologies.