On 5/21/07, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
