Re: New Functions

> 
> A strength of the XML stack has always been that it lets people do
> advanced text processing even if they do not think of themselves as
> programmers; i don't see that going away.
> 

This is some of the thinking behind allowing abbreviated inline functions such as

group-by(//employees, ->{@location})

- you can use it without knowing you're using higher order functions. You don't have to know the computer science behind the punctuation, it's just an idiom you can copy.

Michael Kay
Saxonica