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Re: some days I'm wrong

• To: "DuCharme, Bob (LNG-CHO)" <bob.ducharme@l...>
• Subject: Re: some days I'm wrong
• From: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
• Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:25:56 -0700
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DuCharme, Bob (LNG-CHO) wrote:

> However, if I had to teach a
> class in RELAX NG to people who already knew XML and DTDs, I would use RNG,
> because I wouldn't have the double problem have teaching them concepts and
> syntax. Once I introduced them to RNC, there'd be a lot of tranging back and
> forth between the two as they learned RNC.

Interesting.  My intuition would be precisely the opposite - that the 
RNC is enough simpler and more expressive that that's where I'd start 
teaching.  But them I'm not a regular teacher -Tim

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