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On Mon, 06 Jan 2003 11:59:52 -0800, Joe English <jenglish@f...> wrote: > > Mike Champion wrote: > >> Actually, since S-expressions are isomorphic to the basic XML data >> model, >> one could argue that X# == LISP :-) > > I've heard this claim asserted many, many times, > but I still don't believe it. FWIW, I was just repeating the oft-repeated assertion,and *was* kiddingl. "Isomorphic" probably too strong a term, and I think the comparison could only be stretched as far as something like "Common XML Core". As best I remember LISP from long ago, elements would correspond to lists (which can contain lists) and attributes on elements would correspond to property lists. LISP has a type system built in, whereas XML's is external. Beyond that, I wouldn't presume to go ... In my own defense, I was thinking of this after reading http://www.research.avayalabs.com/user/wadler/papers/ettu/ettu.pdf recently; see the "Shakespeare in LISP" and "Shakespeare in XML" slides.
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