>>>>> "David" == M David Peterson <m.david@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    David> You know, with as much time as I spend writing C# and
    David> ASP.NET you would think I wouldn't have asked that
    David> question.  Oops :)

    David> I believe the suggested replacement to the statement is
    David> still a valid statement although the fact that XPath has
    David> found its way into many languages that have built in XML
    David> parsing and transformation does make Colin's point a bit
    David> more interesting.

I fail to see the relevance.
Whether or not the host language is functional, XPath is not.
And I don't see the point of saying it is.
-- 
Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire