On Feb 22, 2007, at 19:35, Elliotte Harold wrote:
> Indeed these beliefs may not be unrelated. Both binary and hardware
> solutions have the common distinction of being more opaque than
> their competitors. Perhaps it is their very opaqueness that makes
> them attractive.
In the interest of fairness, I've spoken to a great many proponents
of efficient XML and interested parties, and I've only very rarely
seen that argument come up other than as a joke. What I have seen far
more often is people who don't see what is fundamentally less opaque
about a text-based format (and if they're in the Web Services
business, can we really blame them?).
Never ascribe to malice yadda yadda.
--
Robin Berjon
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Leela: I might have liked Zapp Brannigan if he weren't a pompous
dimwit who threw me in prison.
Bender: You really are too picky.
-- Futurama
