> No, all the arguments were all technical > > Getting agreement on all these points was a very lengthy process with much > heated argument. Although the decisions made were not always the ones I > personally advocated, I think the final language works well.
Absolutely! Whilst I am more of an occasional frequenter and contributor to the XQuery WG, having seen the level of collaborative work and perseverance that that has gone into adding Maps and Arrays to XQuery, I can say that I am impressed. >From my perspective, it was a difficult process, but everyone worked hard together and the technical arguments were always foremost. Whilst working under the constraints of backwards compatibility and creating a cohesive data model and language, I think the result speaks for itself. Certainly many of eXist's users are very happy with the new Maps and Arrays work in XQuery 3.1 and we frequently receive positive feedback on this. -- Adam Retter skype: adam.retter tweet: adamretter http://www.adamretter.org.uk _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
