X#: XML oriented programming language

X# - XML oriented programming language

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<!-- MAP function --> 
 <xsp:variable name="map" type="node"> 
     <xsp:processing-instruction name="map"> 
         <xsp:variable name="function" type="node" select="processing-instruction()"/> 
         <xsp:processing-instruction name="result"> 
             <xsp:for-each select="node()"> 
                 <?xpath . >> $function ?> 
             </xsp:for-each> 
         </xsp:processing-instruction> 
     </xsp:processing-instruction> 
 </xsp:variable>

Discuss.

Syntax is too verbose. Might be useful if it was something like:
 <:var="map" t:node><:ins="map"><:var="fun" t:node select="ins()"/><:ins="result">
             <:fore select="node()"><?xpath . >> $fun ?></:fore></:ins></:ins></:var>

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