I did some work with XSLT back when it was enjoying some popularity (i.e. > 20 years ago.) While I understand the appeal of the concepts behind XSLT, a languag

I did some work with XSLT back when it was enjoying some popularity (i.e. > 20 years ago.) While I understand the appeal of the concepts behind XSLT, a language like that being expressed in XML is just... unfathomably perverse. It's a positive testament to the industry's taste that XSLT essentially died.