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Re: Please stop writing specifications that cannot beparsed/pr

• From: Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
• Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2023 22:10:29 +0100

On 05/06/2023 16:41, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen wrote:

Marcus Reichardt <u123724@gmail.com> writes:

[...]

In that case, I guess it's relatively safe to say this is neither
very easy nor relevant since, fortunately you might say, nobody is
creating XML parsers from scratch.

Not counting every single CS student who is handed the task at some
stage in their undergraduate career, as an example of how you cannot
do it in the traditional one-night hack assigned to coursework designed
to be done over 2–3 weeks.

In 1988, if I remember correctly, I heard a well known computer
scientist explain [...] It's no wonder there are so few SGML tools,
he said.  The spec goes out of its way to put unnecessary barriers in
the way.

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  • Re: Please stop writing specifications that cannot beparsed/processed by software
    • From: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>
  • Re: Please stop writing specifications that cannot be parsed/processed by software
    • From: Marcus Reichardt <u123724@gmail.com>
  • Re: Please stop writing specifications that cannot beparsed/processed by software
    • From: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>