[Axiom-developer] XML

2005-06-15 Thread daly
Since you're the one writing the code you're welcome to choose whatever path you'd like. If you can make an XML path work then that's fine with me. t ___ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo

[Axiom-developer] XML

2005-06-14 Thread daly
> > \spadcommand{x:=2}\bound{x} > > \spadcommand{y:=3}\bound{y} > > \spadcommand{x*y}\free{x}\free{y} > > > > clicking on the third expression tells the browser that it needs to > > find a meaning for x and a meaning for y somewhere prior in the page. > > these are determined by the \bound expre

[Axiom-developer] XML

2005-06-14 Thread daly
{x:=2} {y:=3} {x*y} requires a huge program to parse (DOM or SAX, callbacks) vs (spadcommand "x:=2" (bound 'x)) (spadcommand "y:=3" (bound 'y)) (spadcommand "x*y" (free '(x y))) requires (read) to parse and (eval (read)) to execute. (defun spadcommand (expr bindings) (when (eq (car bindings)

[Axiom-developer] XML

2005-06-14 Thread daly
having lost a year of my life working with XML, XSLT, DOM, SAX, JDOM, etc. i can honestly say that i'm religiously opposed to XML. you're welcome to try to convince me otherwise but i warn you that it is a hard fight as i have a lot of really bad war stories. XML is a dead-end technology. it is th