Re:OPML Is Underrated
by billywhizz on Saturday February 10, 2024 @05:14PM
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yes, the learning curve can be a problem initially but, once you grok it, it opens up a whole world of interesting possibilities. and i do think, once you have created your initial transforms, it is then much easier for non-tech folks to "see" how things work and make tweaks/changes without having to mess with "code".
The first time I encountered XSLT I thought it was the most ridiculous thing to ever have been invented. A programming language written in XML?
but damn, the things you can do with that thing in a tiny bit of code. It was doing expression filtering years before anyone else, including the likes of Haskell.