Re: JavaScript (was Re: [xml-dev] Cross-domain loading of XML)
True - and a good reminder about hubris.
Kurt Cagle
XML Architect
Lockheed / US National Archives ERA Project
Kurt Cagle
XML Architect
Lockheed / US National Archives ERA Project
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Simon St.Laurent <[email protected]> wrote:
On 12/8/10 8:06 PM, Kurt Cagle wrote:
David,
There's a reason JavaScript web developers are often called script
kiddies ... formalisms are often wasted on them. There's a great deal of
nudge,nudge, wink, wink in the AJAX world.
That's also changing pretty rapidly.
I'd be _very_ cautious about looking down on JavaScript developers, and not only because I am one. What's that I heard recently? "It used to be that if you used JavaScript, no one took you seriously. Now no one takes you seriously if you _don't_ use JavaScript."
One thing XML could really stand to lose is its condescension toward the greater Web world. It was here when I arrived, and doesn't seem to have melted away.
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Simon St.Laurent
http://simonstl.com/