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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:17:51 -0400
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] XML
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>   Seriously, though, we all hate XML so much for all the right reasons
> that we kind of forget that it can be useful. I do have a couple of 
> use cases I consider XML being appropriate at. But what about you guys?
> Do you remember XML being helpful on any particular occasion? I'm really
> curious.

i think a better question is, can you think of an application for xml that
can't be done more simply?

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.

- erik