Re: [xml-dev] Is it time for the 80/20 thread yet?

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Francis Norton <>
To
Mike Champion <>
Date
2002-08-09T08:45:02Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Is it time for the 80/20 thread yet?
Hi Mike,

Mike Champion wrote:

>I'm not sure if this fits into Jeff's permatopic schedule
>http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200208/msg00554.html
>but we haven't talked about the evils of complexity in
>awhile :~)  I was inspired to ask permission to re-raise this by 
>http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/08/08/020808hnusenixcode.xml
>
A timely suggestion - an opportunity to mark the passing of Edsger 
Dijkstra by linking to a totally unmarked-up (indeed 
machine-unparseable) but highly meaningful (especially to this forum) 
document at http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd13xx/EWD1304.PDF.

Francis.

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