[racket] xslt

Thanks for the reply.

I have a suite of xslt transforms already done, so it would be easiest 
to run them as is.

That said, the xslt transforms are a small fraction of the total work 
that I have already done on the application in Common Lisp. It will of 
course be a substantial effort to convert it to racket; in fact it may 
be a time to redesign the application from scratch. The most important 
consideration is that I would now like to support Windows and OS X as 
well as linux. The business logic (in lisp) runs on all three but the 
gui part does not. I could do it as a web app run from a linux server, 
but I would prefer not to do it that way. My other obvious option is 
clojure, I guess. If I could justify the expense of purchasing LispWorks 
or Franz Lisp I would, but - too expensive for my pocketbook.

I know that xml and xslt do not enjoy the favor they did fifteen years 
ago. But then, I already went through the learning curve back then with 
xslt and xpath, so there's that.

Basically I am trying to assess the effort that will be required to do 
the project in racket or clojure, and the xslt thing is small but 
significant part of it.

Thanks again.

Best,

- DJ -


On 15-02-28 06:49 PM, Matthew Butterick wrote:
> It's not clear whether you already have XSLT transforms that you want 
> to use in Racket, or if you're mentioning XSLT just because it's a 
> method of parsing & transforming XML. If the latter, then you may find 
> that using native Racket data structures (esp. the X-expression) and 
> native XML-friendly functions (like `match`) is more convenient.
>
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 8:49 AM, DJ <jakep at arqux.com 
> <mailto:jakep at arqux.com>> wrote:
>
>     Ok - new to racket. I would like to use it because I know Common
>     Lisp, but need something that provides good cross-platform gui
>     capabilities. (I can't afford a commercial implementation of CL.)
>
>     My software will harvest data from several web services that
>     provide results in xml.
>
>     I have spent a half hour searching for info on how to run xslt
>     transforms in racket. All that I can find is a mention that sxml
>     /used to have/ xslt but doesn't any more. I would prefer native
>     racket rather than some kind of ffi solution if possible.
>
>     Any suggestions?
>
>     Best,
>
>     - DJ -
>
>
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