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Nice job! On Jan 30, 2014, at 7:04 AM, Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@simonstl.com> wrote: > For those who wonder why I've championed that bastard child of SGML all these years, when it's obvious that Web technology isn't as shiny smart as XML: > > <http://programming.oreilly.com/2014/01/web-application-development-is-different-and-better.html> > > Eventually I need to write a "Why XML Bounced Off the Web" piece, but this wasn't the time for it. > > If you prefer short form, this is a quick summary from another mailing list conversation: > > --------------------------------------------- > I disagree about the infancy. The Web's a pretty hardened young adult. Unlike most technology platforms, it's had to deal with a diverse and cranky set of constituencies. It's also had to deal with a wildly varying set of implementations across multiple platforms. > > It may look immature to environments that have led coddled lives, but those very cuts have bred practices that let us achieve miracles every day. > --------------------------------------------- > > Thanks, > -- > Simon St.Laurent > http://simonstl.com/ > > _______________________________________________________________________
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