[exprla-devel] RE: [XPL] Hello, and a few comments.

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--- In xpl-dev@y..., "Alexander E. Gutman" <gutman@m...> wrote:
Richard Anthony Hein wrote:

> I figure that it would be amazing to use MathML
> as the markup that XSLT uses to build a function in XPL!

What is "to build a function"? To produce a code for
defining a function whose body is, in some sense,
equivalent to the corresponding MathML expression?

> Any mathematical expression that a mathematician can write
> in MathML should be transformable into XPL!

ANY mathematical expression? Hmm... If there is no integration
operator in XPL's dictionary, how can we transform an expression
that involves integration? Do you mean that XPL's dictionary
must contain integration operator, etc.?

> MathML expressions could be used to supply data to those functions

What is "to supply data"?
To serve as a "source" for the function's body?

Actually, I have no clear picture of how XPL (as a language)
can employ MathML to a great extent. Probably, you are talking about
interpretation of XPL programs rather than XPL as a language itself.

> Algorithms in XPL should be able to be transformed into MathML.

This seems reasonable. Alongside presentation considerations,
any MathML-compliant software will thus be able to "understand" XPL.

Any way, MathML's Content Markup is a very good example
of how XPL expressions should look like.

--
Alexander E. Gutman
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