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Re: XML Sucks

• To: Sean McGrath <sean.mcgrath@p...>
• Subject: Re: XML [expletive deleted]
• From: Mitch Amiano <mamiano@n...>
• Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 12:39:51 -0400
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Once a month or so Andy holds a meeting in this area (RTP, NC) and 
we discuss topics of interest to programmers. That XML was applied 
in ways that seem gratuitous was raised more than a few times, and 
at least once I argued that what programmers were doing with XML 
was missing the point. 

So I'll sit back and applaud. While I don't agree with all of Dave
and Andy's arguments or conclusions, I enjoy seeing the discussion
going in this direction, and advocated by programmers.

- Mitch

Sean McGrath wrote:
> Quote:
> "XML is useful in appropriate contexts, but it is being grossly abused 
> in most of the ways it is being used today."
> 
> Here is the most XML-ish part:
>         http://www.artima.com/intv/plain4.html
> 
> Full article starts here:
>         http://www.artima.com/intv/plain.html
> 
> My take? Some of its right and some of its wrong. There was a time when 
> most of it was wrong. Back in the early days of XML before we layered 
> all the crud on that allows people to - quite understandably - balk at 
> the sheer complexity and not-for-human-consumption of XML 2003.
> 
> Sean
> 
> 
> http://seanmcgrath.blogspot.com
> 
> 
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