Re: [xml-dev] What niche is XQuery targeting?

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David Carlisle <>
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Re: [xml-dev] What niche is XQuery targeting?
> In XSLT, I search in vain for FLWOR expression.
syntax aside  isnt FLOR some combination of xsl:for-each, xsl:variable
xsl:sort?

> Maybe your question should be "ok, why not add querying functionality to 
> XPath, so it is available in XSLT? Where to draw the line?" because 
> XPath is also a small querying language.

probably because adding xquery to xpath wouldn't add any functionality
to xslt+xpath.

David


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