I guess this comment is directed towards me! I do like
the functional nature of XSLT. My views about the
variable incrementing problem were from a mere
analysis point of view. I believe in the wisdom of so
many intelligent people who created XSLT and who are
involved in the updation of its spec..

Regards,
Mukul

--- Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am deeply impressed with the fact that this is the
> first time in three
> years when someone in this group asks that XSLT be
> radically changed (killed
> actually), only due to his own lack of understanding
> and inability to solve
> even a simple problem.
> 
> 
> Let's make it clear: XSLT is side-effects free by
> definition. This is an
> *axiom*.
> 
> Whoever does not agree with the axioms may just
> select another
> programming-language system. In this concrete case I
> received an off-list
> email suggesting that the OP forgets about XSLT and
> uses FORTRAN.
> 
> Let's stop this thread -- we cannot turn Fortran
> programmers into XSLT
> programmers and they cannot turn us into Fortran
> programmers.
> 
> Or shall we allow people, who refuse to do their
> homework to continue to
> consume precious bandwith? This thread has stopped
> to contribute to the
> goals of the xsl-list -- let's move to something
> more interesting and
> useful.
> 
> 
> =====
> Cheers,
> 
> Dimitre Novatchev.
> http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
> 
> 
> 
> 
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