On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 12:06 +1000, Dominic Cioccarelli wrote:
> XML (and HTML) are document mark up languages. They perform a this task very
> well but are completely inappropriate as scripting languages. XUL isn't the
> only perpetrator in this regard, another classic example of an inappropriate
> use of XML is in ant build scripts.
I can only really offer evidence from Vexi, but I'm certain that XUL is
in a similar position.
The XML and (Vexi's version of) JavaScript compliment each other:
<button id="b" text="A button!" />
<textfield id="t" text="Not pressed the button yet" />
var c=1;
$b.action ++= function(v) {
$t.text = "He pressed the button " + c + " time" + (c++>1:"s!":"");
}
I expect it is not too dissimilar, if more verbose, in XUL.
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