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Re: parsing markup with Perl

  • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
  • To: Hans-Juergen Rennau <hrennau@yahoo.de>, "ihe.onwuka@g..." <ihe.onwuka@g...>,Arjun Ray <arjun.ray@v...>
  • Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 07:39:15 -0500

Re:  parsing markup with Perl
On 2/9/14 2:12 AM, Hans-Juergen Rennau wrote:
Ihe Onwuka wrote:
"Stating the obvious here but it needs to be repeated lest we are all
labelled Perl haters. Markup is not text."
Rarely have I found a posting so short and so true, or rather: so
profound. It is a question of perception.
Deepest wrongness may also be profound.

"Markup is not just text" is true.  Markup is not text" is short and wrong.

And 95% of all debate about the "value" of XML is rooted in differences
of perception. XML may be perceived as text. XML may be perceived as
markup. XML may be perceived as nodes represented via syntax. XML may be
perceived as a global forest of nodes (the info space).
And there are other axes along which to travel: XML may be perceived as
a means to markup information. XML may be perceived as a means for
information interchange. XML may be perceived as a representation of
information. XML may be perceived as information.
Etc.
None of which even begin to happen without the text foundation. Sorry. Please come back to earth.

Thanks,
--
Simon St.Laurent
http://simonstl.com/


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