At 09:40 PM 8/25/98 -0500, Sean Grimes wrote:
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>I've looked at some of the XML, and the impression I got was that it's only
>application is for the web. It's simple, it's powerful, but it seems a little
>out of place. It just doesn't "feel" right to me. I like the java idea the
>best. Anyone who knows C++ wont have any trouble with it. Just learn a couple
>new keywords.
You're confusing document formats with programming languages. AbiWord is
using an XML-based document format for storing documents created in
AbiWord. AbiWord itself is being developed in C++.
We considered using Java, but most of us here have worked in Java on a
large project over the past year, and its still not really ready for prime
time. The GUIs it produces look clunky and its not nearly as
cross-platform as all the hype suggests. Its also not exactly embraced by
the OpenSource community yet.
