I think Mihai Barbuceanu wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > The parsing argument doesn't really fly for me either; LISP/KIF-styled > > > languages (as Jess clearly is, unless ejfried objects) are almost > > > inarguably easier to parse than XML documents > > > > No, not really. It's hard to beat > > > > Document doc = documentBuilder.parse(new InputSource(reader)); > > > Actually, Lisp does beat this: > > (setq a (read))
Indeed. But the equivalent in Java, C, C++, or other "mainstream" languages would be quite a bit longer! --------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Friedman-Hill Distributed Systems Research Phone: (925) 294-2154 Sandia National Labs FAX: (925) 294-2234 Org. 8920, MS 9012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] PO Box 969 http://herzberg.ca.sandia.gov Livermore, CA 94550 -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
