1.  believe: <<XSL is not complex>>

  2.  It basically does one of two things with an element or object.  It
      either applies a programmatic response, or affects a style change.

5.  claim 1: [XSL is simple because it has only one language]

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13. (disbelieve claim 1) What is easy for the computer is not
     necessarily easy for the human.

  6.  two students had difficulties

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  14. computer scientists ... don't see the problem [because they]
      have in general a quite different psychological makeup from the
      general public

    11. He replied that he knew and did it deliberately, since it was
        simpler if they only had to learn the "run" command, rather than
        having to learn lots of different commands.

    14. CS can look at a complex encoding and "see through" the encoding.

    15. the chapter on "The Goldilocks Theories" in the book "Tog on Interface" by Bruce Tognazzinni describes this.

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  16. people don't mind learning a new language if it
      allows them to express their thoughts closer to the problem
      domain.
  
    17. It actually makes life simpler for them.
  
  18. The only person for whom <XML> is easier than <EXPR> is the writer
      of the compiler.

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20. XSL is still a language [distinct from XML] you have to learn.

  21. encoding A in B does not reduce A to B