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Posted to fop-dev@xmlgraphics.apache.org by Ar...@chebucto.ns.ca on 2000/10/13 17:43:52 UTC

[OT] Re: XSL, why another language?

Quoting Stefano Mazzocchi <st...@apache.org>:

> Very good point, but perl is not available on all platforms :)

But realistically, it is available for many more platforms than Java is. :-)

Arved


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Re: [OT] Re: XSL, why another language?

Posted by Stefano Mazzocchi <st...@apache.org>.

Arved_37@chebucto.ns.ca wrote:
> 
> Quoting Stefano Mazzocchi <st...@apache.org>:
> 
> > Very good point, but perl is not available on all platforms :)
> 
> But realistically, it is available for many more platforms than Java is. :-)

Correct, but I wouldn't like to require Perl to build FOP, would you?

-- 
Stefano Mazzocchi      One must still have chaos in oneself to be
                          able to give birth to a dancing star.
<st...@apache.org>                             Friedrich Nietzsche
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