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Bill la Forge: > > One of the big advantages of Java is that a small shop can > > tackle significant projects. With clean specs, the same will > > be true for XML. Mark Birbeck: > Hands up, who has read the Java spec (and that's not the same as reading > the nice clear instructions given to you by the people who wrote the > compiler)? I have. Both the core language and the library specs, about three years ago (just about when 1.0 came out). They were very simple, clear, and even more useful than many of the textbooks I have since seen. They were certainly superior to any of the W3C specs I've read (and I've read HTML 4.0, XML 1.0, Namespaces, DOM 1.0, XLink, XPointer, and XSL). In fact, despite what Paul says, I often try to learn new technologies by reading the specs directly. I have had varying success, but I don't intend to change my habits any time soon, despite my experiences with the W3C. A lot of people appear to be ducking the fact that one _can_ write clear, concise and readable specs without sacrificing the necessary precision and formality: it just requires effort. I don't know whether the problems with W3C specs come from lack of inclination towards such effort, or lack of resources for such effort. -- Uche Ogbuji FourThought LLC, IT Consultants uche.ogbuji@f... (970)481-0805 Software engineering, project management, Intranets and Extranets http://FourThought.com http://OpenTechnology.org xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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