On Aug 29, 1:56 pm, "Peter Duniho" <NpOeStPe...@nnowslpianmk.com>
wrote:
On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:12:21 -0700, Pherdnut <erik.rep...@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
Where did you get the idea that XSLT is not a programming language?
What
definition of programming language are you using in which XSLT doesn't
qualify?
Would you call it a programming language at a job interview?
Sure. Why not?
For the same reason I try to use the term 'coding' in general. I tend
to stick with 'scripting' for JavaScript when semantically pressed to
say something other than 'coding.' There's still a crowd out there
that believes anything you don't compile isn't really programming. You
never know what you're dealing with. But as flexible as I am on
academic arguments, I don't really see a point in placing XSLT next to
full blown languages that covers a much wider range of applications.
It's more likely to confuse people than help them and I would wonder
if an interviewee didn't really know his stuff if he talked in terms
of being an XSLT 'programmer.'
But it does not matter. The idea that programming requires