From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <5d375e920705211129x306f20a0sedaffd6c8f1034d6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 20:29:41 +0200 From: Uriel To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] XML In-Reply-To: <25a6f451ef63227e655c5e40e759e4e9@coraid.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1179767515.8323.193.camel@linux.site> <25a6f451ef63227e655c5e40e759e4e9@coraid.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6d5c269e-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 5/21/07, erik quanstrom 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