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ron minnich wrote:
> This one is interesting:
> "The acmpolicy class implements a compiler for translating an XML policy
> into their binary format and provides functionality for comparing a
> current policy against a new one when changing a policy."
> 
> So, translate XML to binary to use it?
> 
> But it's a standard, right? I can't tell you how many times a day
> people tell me they're doing something in XML ... "it's the standard"
> -- not "A", but "THE".
> 
> Let's see:
> 
> <9p><request>T</request><requesttype>R</requesttype><fid><number><digit><binary>1</binary><binary>0>/binary>... 
> 
> 
> 
> well, you get my drift.
> 
> Shouldn't we move 9p to a standards-based, compliant, XML-based system
> with first-class enumerated elements in which all pluggable components
> are Python objects and hence first-class citizens and add a full
> compiler to enable translation and XML co-processor acceleration?
> 
> Can I randomly permute the words in the previous sentence? Yes.
> Is that sentence like stuff I read nowadays? Yes.
> Is constant gnashing wearing off the enamel on my teeth? Yes, oh yes.
> 
> ron
> 

Not to worry!

Sign of the times.

'Standards based' has simply replaced 'they say' as the biggest liar in the world.

Going the other way, we can now shave 3 bytes:

'progress' can be expressed as 'bloat'

Bill