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Re: Before fragmenting, fix the broken bits first

• To: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@f...>
• Subject: Re: Before fragmenting, fix the broken bits first
• From: david.lyon@c...
• Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:59:36 +1100
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Quoting Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@f...>:

> On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 13:14 +1100, david.lyon@c... wrote:
> > Uche,
> >
> > Quoting Uche Ogbuji <Uche.Ogbuji@f...>:
> >
> > > The API problem is certainly far more interesting, but I'm not convinced
> > > the XML community as a whole can get together to fix it.  I think the
> > > whole problem with DOM and SAX is that they are LCDs for all the various
> > > languages and platforms interested in XML.  I think the best APIs are
> > > environment-specific.  From COmega to HAXML, the right work is already
> > > progressing.  Let's just keep the W3C out of it.
> >
> > ok, but where does the xml api really start and where does it really
> > end? that is the question...
> >
> > sometimes we get fixated with the idea that there is only one
> > CPU and one communications link. It might have been this way in
> > the past in the Commodore 64 and PDP-11 days but it's not like
> > this now and certainly won't be like this in the future either..
> >
> > in those days.... the computer only extended as far as the
> > the serial lines and the line printer....
> >
> > now... the computer stretches right the way round the developed
> > world...
> >
> > so the parser is not the full extent of the api... just an
> > ever diminishing part....
>
> I'm being honest here.  I really don't understand this entire thought,
> but I get the sense it's rather esoteric.  My interest is a bit more
> pedestrian.

can't see how it can be esoteric thing when the connections can be
counted in mac addresses and the distances measured in kilometres...






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