Re: [9fans] XML
On 5/21/07, erik quanstrom <quanstro@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
i think a better question is, can you think of an application for xml that
can't be done more simply?
"The essence of XML is this: the problem it solves is not hard, and it
does not solve the problem well." -- Phil Wadler, POPL 2003
the debate over typed variables in programming languages is pretty well over.
but i think asn/1 and xml seem to show that data type definitions can get
out of control. and that the dtd is itself a program that needs debugging.
If you think DTDs are out of control, you should look at XML Schema
some time... gives a new dimension to the meaning of 'megalomaniacal'.
uriel
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