INTERPRETING IMPERATIVE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES IN EXTENSIBLE STYLESHEET LANGUAGE TRANSFORMATIONS (XSLT)

We use XSLT to implement an interpreter for a simple XML based imperative programming language called “XIM. ” Our work shows that not only is it theoretically possible to use XSLT as a programming language processor, but also that this is practically feasible. This has potential application in the area of delivering executable content over the Internet