• From: Mitch Amiano <mitch.amiano@a...>
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:06:15 -0500

Joe Fawcett wrote:
>
> An obsession with using //in XPath expressions seems all too common, 
> not sure why, perhaps there are a lot of poor examples online :)

Perhaps it is that people tend to think through the paths in an 
affirmative manner, vocalizing as they go. Especially when starting, 
thinking in terms of the function of something not seen is difficult.  
// could be a placeholder for a vocalization being made by the programmer.

• References:
  • RE: XSLT call-template question
    • From: "Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@h...>