> This is simply ridiculous: both CF and XML are in fact SGML > compliant (at least almost), so what's really the big difference?
If you're writing a parser, "almost compliant" is like "almost pregnant" - it either is, or it isn't. And SGML compliance is not especially useful, because SGML is very complicated and hard to parse, compared to either HTML or XML. Even if CF were SGML-compliant, SGML parsers are not nearly so commonly available as XML parsers. And finally, CF is not SGML-compliant (or "almost compliant") in any useful sense of the term. > Secondly, does it really matters for us developers that CF is > easier or harder to parse? If you ever want to write a code generator, you'll prefer that it be easier to parse, because that will also mean it is easier to write. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:245824 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
