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Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@xxx.xx> writes: > David Cantrell wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 03:12:46AM -0400, Foofy wrote: >> >>> I just put each attribute on its own line. Easier to read and edit. >>> <element >>> attr='blahblah' >>> attr='blahblah' >>> attr='blahblah' >>> /> >> >> Ahhhh, the language that has twice the brackets of Lisp with half the >> functionality. Lovely. > > Half? HALF?! Yeah, about half normally, and with none of the sensible, well defined semantics or useful constancy to the structure. Because having random distinctions between data formats, and a "not quite structured" set of text settings is so much saner than the Lisp model of "everything works this one, single, simple way." At least XSLT isn't as bad as the wretched specification that actually *did* implement Lisp in XML, by grafting in a syntax for evaluating XML expressions. Thankfully that died the miserable and stupid death it deserved, eh? Daniel -- Digital Infrastructure Solutions -- making IT simple, stable and secure Phone: 0401 155 707 email: contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx http://digital-infrastructure.com.au/There's stuff above here
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