Re: Why XML is a bad idea[longish] (was Re: [abcusers] draft for V:)

[Frank Nordberg]

John Chambers wrote:
> |
> |       Really?? What do the Dead Sea Scrolls sound like in abc?? :-)
> | (Sorry John, I couldn't resist!)
> 
> Hmm ...  Maybe we could find the transcriptions on the Web, stick  an
> ABC header on a few passages, and see what they sound like.  It makes
> as much sense as some of the numerology and hidden text  things  that
> people dig out of the bible ...

Maybe that's the truth about the Scrolls. They weren't religious
writings at all, but rather the notebook of some session player way back then...

> 
> Actaully, I've seen the results of taking English text  and  treating
> it  as  ABC.

Actually I think it is a program out there that does that.


Frank Nordberg
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