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Re: RE: James Clark: XML versus the Web

• From: Richard Salz <rsalz@us.ibm.com>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
• Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:58:10 -0500

> It's only when I have to 
> explain them to a developer who just doesn't care, and just wants to 
> get the job done, that I become aware of how bizarre the rules are.

It's interesting: the rules of any flexible language have parts that are 
obscure or difficult to fully master -- Perl, irregular verbs, the 
preterite tense, the vastness of PL/I, and so on -- yet XMLNS gets more 
than it's share of complaints and vehemence.

I'm not disagreeing, I just find it interesting.

        /r$

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