You don't have to convince us about the benefits of using markup (I hope?!) - a very elegant response to the "Linus appoach" is here:
http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200210/msg00456.html >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003/12/02 03:34:10 PM >>> Adrian Petru Dimulescu wrote: > Thank you, very informative links. I didn't know about XSLScript, it > looks pretty interesting. > > I also read the discussions linked on your page. The pro-XML syntax > arguments seem to be: > > * entites as cool including mechanisms -- like there is at least one > scripting technology that doesn't allow simple includes! > * you get for free the existing XML encodings mechanisms -- fair enough > * you can transform stylesheets themselves -- I'll appreciate that when > I'll need it ;) > * in XSLT you can have lots of unstructured text, unlike, say, servlets > where you have to quote them. What about Perl-like qq{} ? > * the most interesting point that I didn't understand: without XML > syntax you can't describe treelike structure because you don't have tags > ?? I picked this argument here: > http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200210/msg00411.html Here is Linus' preferred way: # This is an example myhost.com passwd Make1Up timeout 50 What is the password? <passwd>Make1Up</passwd> <passwd>Make1Up </passwd> <passwd>Make1Up </passwd> -Rob > > Regards, > Adrian. > > Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > >> >> I have collected a few links to interesting stuff about this, see >> http://codeconsult.ch/bertrand/archives/000188.html >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
