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At 08:27 2/6/02, Salvatore Mangano wrote:
>A case in point, was the "bone headed" decision in XSLT 1.0
>regarding the difference between node-sets and result tree
>fragments. The decision was based on some purists idea of what
>XSLT should be used for and not what people actual need to do.

Actually, the decision was based on very practical concerns about 
implementation raised by some very smart people like James Clark.  The 
concerns turned out to be wrong, but the decision was the exact opposite of 
a theoretical purist decision.

~Chris
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DTDs/schemas - conversion - ebooks - publishing - Web - B2B - training
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