Re: [xslt] Compiling stylesheets

[Steve Ball <Steve Ball zveno com>]

Bernhard Zwischenbrugger wrote:
> 
> On Monday 06 August 2001 14:26, you wrote:
> > At 01:59 PM 8/6/01 +0200, Bernhard Zwischenbrugger wrote:
> > >What to do with compiled stylesheets
> > >==========================
> > >A realy usefull thing would be to make a fastcgi modul
> > >for apache from a single stylesheet.
> > >To make the thing perfect, caching results is always a good thing.
> >
> > If using Perl is an option, you should have a look at AxKit.  And/or use
> > the underlying XML::LibXML and XML::LibXSLT modules.  They allow just what
> > you want in an Apache / mod_perl environment.
> >
> Thanks, but I don't like perl.

You probably also don't like Tcl, but I have just built a solution
to this problem using the Tcl scripting language.  Contact me
directly if you would like further details.

As others have pointed out, you can't get the job done without the
involvement of a scripting language at some point.  The aim is to
minimize the amount of scripting required, and maximize the amount
of work that is done in XSLT.

> Why use a script language additional to xslt?

Ah indeed... I ran a BOF at the recent O'Reilly Open Source Conference
which debated this exact point.  IMO, alot of people are going to be
asking exactly this question, and expanding XSLT to meet these needs/
requirements will become more desirable.  Time will tell...

Cheers,
Steve Ball

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