RE: [xml-dev] Underwhelmed (WAS: [xml-dev] XOM micro tutorial)

From
Aaron Skonnard <>
To
"'Simon St.Laurent'" <>,
Date
2002-09-23T21:20:55Z
ID
<001201c26347$1b5fdb90$0400a8c0@gandalf>
Thread
RE: [xml-dev] Underwhelmed (WAS: [xml-dev] XOM micro tutorial)
Simon St.Laurent [mailto:] wrote:

...
> I don't think that set of problems is particularly productive, nor do
I
> consider questioning the use of the feature to be some kind of
"purist",
> "ivory tower", or "academic" crusade.  The relationship between XML as
> text and XML as data structure is pretty well screwed up as it is, and
> shouting about hordes of developers who don't care does very little
for
> conversations about that relationship.

Good to have you back Simon. ;-)

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