- From: Joe Kesselman (Keshlam) <keshlam@attglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 09:50:24 -0400
- To: public-qt-comments@w3.org
Crossposted from the newsgroup rec.music.filk with the author's permission; thought you folks would appreciate it: <?song version="1.0" name="XSLT" author="Robin Johnson"?> Young man, there's no need to feel blue I said, young man, here's a language for you If your data doesn't look like it ought There's no need to feel so distraught Young man, if you're going through hell Trying to transform all of your XML I said young man, are you listenin' to me? You can stick that damn ASP... <xsl:template name="chorus"> It's fun to program in XSLT! It's fun to program in XSLT! Every line in your code Is an XML node And the program is one big tree It's fun to program in XSLT! It's fun to program in XSLT! It works functionally And it's side-effect free And the variables don't vary </xsl:template> It's a language like no other you've seen It's got constructs that will make you turn green It's recursive as a thing that recurs And it ain't got no procedures Young man - if you don't know .NET And you haven't read your Java books yet There is still time to learn XSLT It's almost as easy as C... <xsl:call-template name="chorus"/> XSLT! XSLT! Young man, young man, there's no need for distress! Young man, young man, put down that CSS! XSLT! XSLT! XSLT!... etc. Robin Johnson http://www.robinjohnson.f9.co.uk - rj at robinjohnson dot f9 dot co dot uk "The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in contributing ultimately to the solid advantage of mankind." - Mary Shelley <graphic id="dancers" type="ascii-graphics" added-by="Joe Kesselman"> X ,- | /0\ \0 |O___ ___O___ -|- /\ | | | |-' | | / \ / \ / \ / \ </graphic> -- Joe Kesselman, IBM Next-Gen Web Tech: XML, XSL, and more.
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