Re: [xml-dev] Programming for Markup vs. Markup for Programming

From
Mike Champion <>
To
, "Simon St.Laurent" <>
Date
2002-08-02T16:04:58Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Programming for Markup vs. Markup for Programming
8/2/2002 11:17:06 AM, "Simon St.Laurent" <> wrote:

>
>I say it's time to kick those bums out. 

Hmmm.  I sortof like  "accept the fact that we are
divergent communities that share certain core mindsets and technologies"
better than "kick the bums out.

>Developers who want concise representations of strongly-typed information 
>should be asking themselves whether verbose textual formats are genuinely 
>compatible with their needs. 

As I argue in the "Keeping ISO 8879 Alive" post, I think there are
plenty of people who accept the InfoSet view of the world but don't
drink the PSVI KoolAid :~)