Using your solution, one may shorten the XSL-T (with XSL-T 3.0) to: <xsl:stylesheet version="3.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:

Using your solution, one may shorten the XSL-T (with XSL-T 3.0) to: <xsl:stylesheet version="3.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:template name="xsl:initial-template"> <xsl:sequence select=' for $i in 1 to 100 return (("Fizz"[$i mod 3 = 0] || "Buzz"[$i mod 5 = 0])[.], $i)[1] ' /> </xsl:template> <xsl:stylesheet> While I understand the ratio behind the article and agree, the author does not acknowledge, that XSL-T is not a "programming language" but a "templating language".