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peterhunt | 6 months ago

Let's see:

- Variable scoping https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/XML/XSLT/Refere...

- Function definition and application https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/XML/XSLT/Refere...

- Flow control https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/XML/XSLT/Refere...

- Loops https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/XML/XSLT/Refere...

- Module system https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/XML/XSLT/Refere...

Yep, it's a programming language. And not a great one!

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xyz_opinion|6 months ago

nah. its a transform for XML and its super useful when you need it. People such as yourself who claim its not a great programming language are probably not trying to use it for the right thing.

mcswell|6 months ago

I was using it to transform DocBook XML into LaTeX, based on an existing tool that used xslt code to do just that (https://sourceforge.net/projects/dblatex/). We had to modify the existing xslt code to allow for enhancements to DocBook that accommodated some linguistic structures (like interlinear text). So yes, we were using it for exactly the right thing: transforming XML.