[XML-SIG] Re: [4suite] Article about XSLT 1.1 and <xsl:script>

[Guido van Rossum]

> Alexandre Fayolle wrote:
> > 
> > Our dear friend Uche is quoted on
> > http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/02/14/deviant.html about the <xsl:script>
> > element.
> > 
> > The article is worth reading, I think.

Uche:
> Actually, I've gone beyond that.  With Clark Evans and other concerned
> parties, I've set up a petition against the xsl:script nonsense and
> language bindings.  Please see
> 
> http://uche.ogbuji.net:8000/etc/no-xsl-script.xhtml
> 
> I think Python XML users in should be worried about the W3C's continual
> efforts to enshrine particular languages as first-class XML-processing
> environments.  It wouldn't be so bad if things such as xsl:script were
> not so bloody unnecessary.

What does our friend Dan Connolly think of all this?  He's our secret
ally in the W3C, I believe! :-)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)