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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:28:27 +0200
From: Aharon Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>
Subject: Re: [9fans] More 'Sam I am'
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> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:05:55 +0100
> From: uriel@cat-v.org
> Subject: Re: [9fans] More 'Sam I am'
> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
>
> > to process XML type data in the more traditional Unixy fashion.
> Oxymoron.
>
> uriel

Not at all.  As the old saw goes,

	When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.

Those of us who live in The Real World (tm) sometimes have no choice as to the
format the data we must process is received in, or alternatively, the format
in which it must be delivered.  In such a case, I'd rather have a tool that
makes said format palatable to work with.

I happen to agree with rob's view of the whole XML thing.  But if I find myself
in a situation where I have no choice but to work in some kind of XML, then
I'd sure rather turn to an awk-based solution than some gosh-awful mutant
buzzword hybrid.

Arnold