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Robert Koberg wrote: > > On Dec 10, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Simon St.Laurent wrote: > >> Robert Koberg wrote: >>>> It's a huge project, well worth exploration and discussion. It >>>> definitely meets the XML-centric criteria of recent threads here. >>> It uses a good deal of javascript (doesn't really work without it) >>> and several MarkLogic specifc extensions (I don't know if they are >>> written in java or C) >> >> On the client side, you're right to wonder about this. I meant on the >> server side, where XQuery is sifting through vast volumes of data. > > That's the thing. On the server side, they are using proprietary (and > often duplicated) extensions written in java and/or C. Does that mean that you can't write a Java application, because it has a JVM written in C? I think your line of argument misses the point. Extensions or otherwise, the back end of Markmail is still written in a language that understands XML as a first class datatype - and it's development has been simpler as a consequence. John -- John Snelson, Oracle Corporation http://snelson.org.uk/john Berkeley DB XML: http://oracle.com/database/berkeley-db/xml XQilla: http://xqilla.sourceforge.net
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