>>>>> "Kenny" == Kenny Akridge <kenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Kenny> I'm just curious- what specifically makes you believe that
    Kenny> XPath is not functional?  And when I say XPath, I am
    Kenny> referring to the spec, not an implementation.

Because:

a) You cannot define functions within XPath, and
b) You cannot pass function definitions as arguments to functions.

Either is sufficient.
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Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire