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Subject: [xsl] Article: Dynamic Functions using FXSL: Composition, Partial Applications and Lambda Expressions From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 21:50:58 -0800 (PST) |
"Dynamic Functions using FXSL: Composition, Partial Applications and Lambda Expressions" http://www.topxml.com/xsl/articles/df This one is at least as important (if not more) than the first article on functional programming in XSLT. I think it will be most useful for people, who are interested in further understanding and using FP in XSLT. Contents: Introduction 1. Functional composition, curried functions, partial applications and lambda expressions. 2. Implementation of functional composition in XSLT. Examples. 3. Implementation of currying and partial application in XSLT. 4. Using currying and partial application - the iter and power functions. 5. Creating a new function dynamically - the calculator-store problem. Conclusion And two excerpts: "This article is a follow-up from the recent publication "The Functional Programming Language XSLT". Provided here is the answer to a FAQ about functional programming in XSLT: Can functions be created dynamically during run-time and what are some general ways to achieve this?. Using the XSLT functional programming library FXSL, examples are given of performing functional composition, currying and partial application of functions, as well as of dynamically creating a function, which corresponds to a lambda expression." "This article demonstrated and explained the details of an XSLT implementation of three major ways of dynamically creating functions and using them: - Single and multiple function composition. - Currying of functions and partial application of curried functions. - Lambda expressions. The XSLT implementation of partial application is more powerful than the Haskell one, because it allows binding of arguments regardless of order. At the same time partial application in XSLT is very convenient, using the traditional XSLT way of specifying arguments through xsl:with-param. Currying and partial application support has been included in the latest release of the functional programming library FXSL. Also demonstrated was a general way to model and implement in XSLT objects having inheritance and virtual functions." Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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