December 28, 2004

Strike that last "poster to xml-dev" comment...

It seems I need to learn how to recognize the difference between the following two sequence of letters:

Rys

Champion

I think its obvious how easily the mistake of mixing one with the other could be made if one is not careful. Apparently, I was not very careful. To my defense (and inherently pathetic attempt at an excuse) you Microsoft people all look and sound the same to me ;) :D

All kidding aside my apologies for mixing up the fact that it was actually Michael Rys who made the comments in regards to the declarative nature of XSLT and XQuery that were subsequently deemed of "Excellent" quality [inserted-comment: In reading this again I realize I made it seem like I was doubting that it might be but later discovered it was. If this is the impression you got I assure you this is not what I intended to imply as obviously Michael Rys is one the the elite experts in this area of software development. I guess what I was meaning to imply was that in the mountains of content compiled on XML-DEV each day this was a gem and needed to be highlighted] and as such posted to become the "Official Answer of <XSLT:Blog />" for questions in regards to whether XSLT and XQuery are declarative languages and why.

Thanks to Mike Champion for helping me clear this up by pointing out this obvious error. Again, my apologies.

Oh, BTW... "MC", while stiff competition is heading your way, and from your own corporate bloodline none-the-less, I still think your going to take todays "HotMPoC" award so if you were at all worried, you can now be relieved in knowing that your award, for now, is safe. :D