AOP use cases

[Dave Kuhlman]

Michael Walter wrote:

> Bryan wrote:
>>>
>>> Those of you using XML might want to visualize the program as a
>>> DOM tree and
>>> AOP as applying a XSLT stylesheet. (Now visualize applying
>>> several different
>>> stylesheets in arbitrary order)
>>>
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>> 
>> 
>> thank you for this explanation... it's the best explanation i've
>> heard yet and now i have a grasp and can visualize what AOP is.
>> 
>> bryan
> 
> That sounds like a description of (CL/Scheme-style) macros :)

So, arbitrarily complex transformations on the source code with
the intent of hiding the intension of the source code are good,
right?

I wish I could say something to satirize this.  But, the post
about XML/XSLT seems satirical enough.

Dave

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