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Sean Mc Grath wrote:
> 
> I would like to use XSL for that. I do not mind, if, to achieve
> it, I need to consider the output as "wrapped" is a single
> output flow object called PlainText or something but I would
> sure like to be able to do it!
> 
> Have I missed something fundamental? Am I going mad? Am I alone
> in thinking that XSL could be a very useful standardized way
> of doing the traversal/context stuff? Am I the only
> person on the planet with oodles of difficult to manage
> utility scripts that can be more more manageable as XSL.

No, you are not mad, and yes this is very useful. Many of us have been
using Jade for the same thing for a year or so. The question is: why
does this need to be *standardized*? You are talking about a very
application-specific language. Was RPG a formal ISO or ANSI standard?
Did you really care one way or the other?

You've got a tool that does the report generation you need. Why does
that language have to be a "standard" for it to be useful? There are
many languages and tools in the world that are useful despite not having
a standards body's seal of approval.

Paul Prescod  - http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco

[Woody Allen on Hollywood in "Annie Hall"]
Annie: "It's so clean down here."
Woody: "That's because they don't throw their garbage away. They make 
        it into television shows."


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