Subject: Re: [xsl] Need help with XSLT tokenize From: "Norman Tovey-Walsh ndw@xxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 07:14:20 -0000 |
> It would have been much better to (more or less) formally define the > concept of "tail recursion" and make it clear that a good implementation > can (or should) optimize tail recursion with iteration. I completely understand your position. But I think one of XSLTbs really surprising strengths is the number of people who would not self identify as bprogrammersb who are able to build significant systems with it. Ibm pleased that xsl:iterate makes a certain class of problems easier to solve even for folks who might be intimidated by the notion of writing recursive functions and unfamiliar with the jargon of folds and tail recursion. Ibve personally unwound at least a couple of tail-recursive functions and turned them into xsl:iterate precisely because I think itbll be easier for a future customizer of the stylesheets to understand what is going on. Be seeing you, norm -- Norman Tovey-Walsh <ndw@xxxxxxxxxx> https://nwalsh.com/ > There are 350 varieties of shark, not counting loan and pool.--L. M. > Boyd [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]
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