Ka-Ping Yee <ping@lfw.org>:
> > XML?
>
> Don't get me started. XML is not a language. It's a serialization
> format for trees (isomorphic to s-expressions, but five times more
> verbose). It has no semantics. Anyone who tries to tell you otherwise
> is probably a marketing drone or has been brainwashed by the buzzword
> brigade.
Heh. What he said. Squared.
Describing XML as a "language" around an old-time LISPer like me (or a
new-time one like Ping) is a damn good way to get your eyebrows singed.
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