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

[Uche Ogbuji]

Alexandre Fayolle wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Uche Ogbuji wrote:
> 
> > Alexandre Fayolle wrote:
> >
> > > The text of the petition says:
> > >
> > > "7. With [...] recent changes to the DOM specification, it appears that
> > > the W3C strongly favors Java and Javascript over other equally qualified
> > > languages."
> > >
> > > Could you please detail this? I'm interested in learning how the DOM can
> > > be language biased.
> >
> > Ah.  I'm on the spot.  Note that the petition is the synthesis of the
> > entire "gang of eight" that put it together.
> 
> I was not accusing you or anything. Just being curious. I remember hearing
> you pestering about some stuff in numbering handling (or date handling,
> I'm not sure) in XSLT, which was Java biased (and this does not appear in
> the petition, as far as I can tell), but could not see what was the thing
> with DOM.
> 
> Now, as for the bindings, I have to admit that it is one part of the spec
> that I have never looked at (I've just checked it 30 seconds ago to see
> what it looks like, and I really do not see the point in putting this in
> the spec. It brings nothing new, and the IDL is all you need.)

All true.  You've brought to light that the DOM clause was a mistake. 
Oh well.


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