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Re: Syntax + object model

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• Subject: Re: Syntax + object model
• From: Gregory Murphy <Gregory.Murphy@e...>
• Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 12:59:19 -0700 (PDT)
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On Fri, 23 May 2003, Gustaf Liljegren wrote:

> Maybe 5 years to late, but I never really understood the argument about why
> a standardized syntax is better than a standardized object model. It sounds
> right, but I can't explain why.

There are still people using markup languages to do just that: mark up
text. Documents exist chiefly as a stream of text, not as objects. In most
books, the order in which you read the paragraphs is important.

// Gregory Murphy <Gregory.Murphy@s...>

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