Re: why doesn't gimp use guile?

[Per Bothner]

Chris Beggy wrote:
> The toolchain for the version of DocBook SGML I use uses DSSSL
> style sheets, which are in a scheme-like language:

Yes, DSSSL is basically a superset of the functional
(side-effect-free) cor of R4RS.  Kawa includes some of
the extensions of DSSSL, including keywords and #!optional
and #!rest argument.

XSLT carries forward many of the ideas of DSSSL, but using
XML syntax and adding a compact pattern language (XPath).
XQuery in turn can be viewed as extending XPath to a full-fledged
programming language.
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