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Demolishun
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So I am working on some xslt code I use to generate html. Technically xslt is supposed to be Turing complete? So it is producing html. Am I programming or not since it is generating html?

Yes, I have loops and branching logic in my xslt file. Though I am not really touching those portions right now. Just generating more output from more data input provided to the source xml data.

Is this still a better love story than Javascript?

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  • 3
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    checks date.... yup, it 2024.

    xslt? xml?
    we can negotiate with the kidnapper if you need....
  • 1
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    Yes, it's programming. Imperative programming I guess. Watch the computerphile video about html
  • 1
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    "xslt code I use to generate html" - dude. WHY? do you hate yourself AND the tech world?

    "Is this still a better love story than Javascript?" - barely.
  • 3
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    Am I programming if Im writting C that generates a json?
  • 0
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    @Hazarth sure, but meh. I write json that generates C if I have to
  • 0
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    @tosensei I wanted an intermediate format I could transform into other code/outputs. We may move away from html output to something else. Also, it is not real html output. It is some shitty subset supported by a ui element.
  • 1
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    You know, I whine a lot about the enterprise project I'm working on but it could be worse. I could be maintaining xslt.
  • 0
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    There's a certain ERP system to CRM connector I work with which uses xslt for data transformation.

    It is disgusting.
  • 0
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    @Demolishun you misunderstood. the awful, disgusting, despicable part of this is "using XSLT to generate _anything at all_"
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