Marc Battyani <Marc.Battyani@fractalconcept.com> wrote:
+---------------
| So be happy. They already have done it! It's called XEXPR
| Look at http://www.w3.org/TR/xexpr/
...
| <define name="factorial" args="x">
|  <if>
|    <lt><x/>2</lt>
|    <x/>
|    <multiply>
|      <x/>
|      <factorial><subtract><x/>1</subtract></factorial>
|    </multiply>
|  </if>
| </define>
| 
| Brilliant no ?
+---------------

No. They were so intent on showing how clever they were with the syntax
that they got the definition of this simple function *wrong*!! ;-}  ;-}

[Hint: The consequent should be a certain numeric constant, not "<x/>".]


-Rob

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