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From: Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:40:01 -0700
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I should add that Russ's post is on point, Wadler's slightly off.  I
would extend it as "The essence of XML is this: the problem it solves
is not hard, it does not solve the problem well, and anyway it's not
the problem people think it solves."

-rob