On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 02:35:13PM +0000, Peter Flynn wrote: > > No half decent programming language > > makes things so difficult for the programmer. > > But XML isn't a programming language; it's a markup language. This is a > common misunderstanding in the programming community. I've even had > people ask me how they can get XML to do their math -- a bit like asking > someone how to write your thesis in C++ :-) > I hate HTML too, for most of the same reasons! :-)
> > XML, if it's needed, should always be hidden from the user/programmer > > by some sort of parser. > > Absolutely, always. The user should never see pointy brackets: they're > for parsers and for people like me who have to deal with the dirty bits > inside XML documents. Any half-decent interface should hide them and > present a sensible layout. Unfortunately, no such editors exist yet; > even the (quite good) XML editors for authoring still demand far too > much foreknowledge. Maybe one day... > > We should stop here...we're going off-topic... > ... and you're basically agreeing with me in that last paragraph. :-) -- Chris Green -- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
