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Re: Using W3C Regular Expressions

• From: Al Snell <alaric@a...>
• To: "Anders W. Tell" <opensource@t...>
• Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 00:35:59 +0100 (BST)

On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Anders W. Tell wrote:

> However a number of reasons exists
> - Using string syntax enhances  the readability.
> - Size, SVG path strings are more compact.
> - DOM bloat,  large DOM trees could be created.
> 
> Of course the question is if these arguments are valid...
> 
> One of my strong points is If these types of parsable encodings are created
> then an equivalent XML schema should also be created. This is what is someone
> is
> doing with XPath.

<snipe class="troll" allowable-replies="non-flammable only">

So much for XML as the universal data interchange language if the core
standards are already hitting its limitations and having to embed other
languages in it :-(

</snipe>

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