Thanks for the comment. Regarding XProc and xmlsh, I definitely have both in mind when designing Candle. Candle will definitely provide pipeline feature like XProc, but it won't be in 1.0 formal release. And I also share the same vision as xmlsh that everything in the end should be XML or something hierarchical. xmlsh primarily concerns with converting the input and output of the shell commands into XML, that can be easily done in Candle using the grammar support in Candle. Candle introduces additional advanced features to shell scripting, like:separation of side effects;unifying file system data model (files and directories) with document node data model, so that you can extend advanced features on XML like schema, path selection, query and transformation to the file system. That will be a revolution to the shell scripting. (am I leaking too much of something exciting for the 1.0 release? :-) Best Regards Henry > Sounds interesting. How does it compare to other solutions that bring > those > techniques together, like xmlsh and the XProc standard? > > > > Kind regards, > > Geert > > > > *Van:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *Namens > * > [email protected] > *Verzonden:* dinsdag 22 november 2011 6:37 > *Aan:* [email protected] > *Onderwerp:* [xquery-talk] [ANN] Candle 0.10 Beta Release - a new > scripting > language for XML and more > > > > Dear members of [email protected] list, > > I'm glad to announce the 0.10 beta release of *Candle*. Candle is an > open-source (MPL) scripting language that unifies the core features of > many > XML-related technologies (including XSLT, XQuery, XQuery Update, RELAX NG, > BNF, XHTML, SVG and more). It can be used to develop command-line, desktop > and Internet applications. > > Some of the advantages of Candle comparing to XSLT and XQuery are: > > - *Candle is an unified language* instead of two highly-overlapping > languages. Candle uses scripting syntax instead of the highly verbose > markup syntax of XSLT. > - *Candle's > markup<http://www.candlescript.org/doc/candle-markup-reference.htm>language > is strongly-typed > * even without schema, whereas XML is only weakly-typed without schema. > - *Candle comes up with a pattern > language<http://www.candlescript.org/doc/candle-pattern-reference.htm> > * which cleanly unifies several pattern-related DSLs (including RegEx, > BNF, RELAX NG, XQuery Sequence Type). It can easily match on sequence > of > items, nodes and characters. > - *Candle unifies functional and procedural programming*. Through a > mechanism called > separation-of-side-effects<http://www.candlescript.org/doc/candle-query-reference.htm#sose>, > Candle unifies two worlds in a more orderly manner then any existing > multi-paradigm programming languages. > - *Candle is a general-purpose scripting language* like Python, whereas > XSLT and XQuery are more like DSLs. Candle alone is sufficient to > develop > complex command-line, desktop and Internet applications, whereas XSLT > and > XQuery still need to integrate with other languages to develop a > serious > application. > > And this new release introduces a new hierarchical namespace > syntax<http://www.candlescript.org/doc/candle-markup-reference.htm#namespace>and > adds support for a new object > notation<http://www.candlescript.org/doc/candle-markup-reference.htm#object-notation>. > You can find out more details from the updated reference documents, as > well > as my 3 new blogs: > > - Who Needs > XML<http://candleapp.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-needs-xml.html>: > I talked about the problems of XML as a general data-exchange format, > especially when used for structured data. > - A Markup Notation Better Then > Ever<http://candleapp.blogspot.com/2011/11/markup-notation-better-then-ever.html>: > I showed how Candle unifies XML markup data model with OOP object data > model, and its advantages comparing to formats like XML, JSON, JavaFX > literal object and YAML. > - The Examples Speak For > Themselve<http://candleapp.blogspot.com/2011/11/examples-speak-for-themselves.html>: > I showed how Candle Markup can effectively express different kinds of > structured data, like iCanlendar Record, SVG, MathML, DOT graph > language, > POV-Ray SDL, and Lua configuration. > > For more information, you can visit the > website<http://www.candlescript.org/>( > http://www.candlescript.org/) or the SourceForge > project<http://sourceforge.net/projects/candleapp/> > . > > Your feedback on Candle is highly appreciated. > > Henry > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Candle App Platform - An *unified platform* for desktop and Internet apps. > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
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