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RE: Abstract Interpretation of XSLT stylesheets
- To: "'xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com'" <xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com>
- Subject: RE: Abstract Interpretation of XSLT stylesheets
- From: Matt Sergeant <matt at sergeant dot org>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 13:09:17 +0100 (BST)
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Hutchison, Nigel wrote:
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> >>Is any one out there working on abstract interpretation of
> >>XSLT stylesheets
> >>using a document schema as input?
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> >Would you like to expand on that just a little please?
>
> In the function programming world, people use abstract interpretation to do
> useful things like type checking and strictness analysis - XSLT is a
> functional language - ergo ...... .
XSLT is a declarative language, not a functional language. Think SQL.
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