> > If there is one technology that drives me nuts every time I have to work > with it, it's XML, XPATH and associated crapping XML Namespaces. > Why does everything have to be so bloody painful. >
XML isn't as painful as most other current technologies, it's like a paper cut with lemon juice spilt on it. Whereas trying to overcome security barriers is like having a kidney stone, or trying to get a fresh checkout of your solution to build is like a migraine, or trying to write a html5 app is like a spinal prolapse. Linq to XML avoids XPATH, but whenever I have to got back to the old XML model I have to lookup the XPATH syntax and how to add a namespace. Albihari's C# nutshell book has a couple of pages of "reminders" on old XML tricks which save a lot of time. Greg K
