Re: [xml-dev] Why XML for Messaging?

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Elliotte Harold <>
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David Lyon <>
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2005-06-02T10:26:24Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Why XML for Messaging?
David Lyon wrote:

> is that processing or developing?

Both. On the development side XSLT 2 makes some tasks that were hard in 
XSLT 1 almost trivial. (Think grouping.) JDOM is easier to use and 
faster to develop in than DOM. XOM is easier to use and faster to 
develop in than JDOM. Tools improve with time as well.


> Whatabout the pace of xml systems development? Wouldn't 
> you say that that has slowed?

A very different question.

> or XML book sales? (saw one of your books btw in the
> bookshop - well done)

Ditto.


-- 
Elliotte Rusty Harold  
XML in a Nutshell 3rd Edition Just Published!
http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xian3/
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