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Re: syntax, model

• To: Dare Obasanjo <dareo@m...>
• Subject: Re: syntax, model
• From: Bill de hÓra <bill.dehora@p...>
• Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:42:06 +0100
• Cc: Joe English <jenglish@f...>, xml-dev@l...
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And I'd rather have a spec that was unambiguous.

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> And I'd rather have a spec written in prose than a schema any day of the week. 
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> From: Joe English [mailto:jenglish@f...]
> Sent: Fri 10/24/2003 1:11 PM
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> Now with sufficient intuition and guesswork, you can _probably_
> write software that _usually_ works _most_ of the time if all
> you have by way of a specification is a collection of sample
> inputs.  Personally, I'd rather have a schema (RNC format,
> if you please) and skip the guesswork.
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