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I really like XML a lot; I've gotten large numbers of people to use XML & XSLT, where I work. XML is dated, and it is gross. Here's the two things the XML ecosy
by thechao 4y ago
I really like XML a lot; I've gotten large numbers of people to use XML & XSLT, where I work. XML is dated, and it is gross. Here's the two things the XML ecosystem nailed, which tie me to it:
1. A dedicated tree-based transformation language (XSL); and,
2. Axis-queries (Xpath).
If I could Xpath all-the-things, I'd be a happier human. Although, I also feel like I should be able to SQL all-the-things, too. Maybe I'm just a sucker for structured-data query-languages?
- regularfry 4y agoAlso namespaces. When you need them, you really need them.
- wellanyway 4y agoXSLT is garbage tho.
- thechao 4y agoXSLT the syntax leaves a bit to be desired. There's also a number of highly questionable default behaviors that are really unfortunate. OTOH, the concept of a term-rewriting tree-matching language is pretty great.