On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > > The problem with XML is that it's often advertised as such "one size fits > all" format, while in reality it simply shifts the "difficult" part from the > format to DTD/stylesheet. >
My feeling exactly. However, it's very good for some types of data, which may well include analog output. But at the moment, I have an unofficial ban on new output formats, until the scalability problem is solved. (Then I can think of half a dozen I'd like someone to write!) -- Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/ "The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim." (Edsger W. Dijkstra) +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this | mailing list, go to | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | List archives are available at | http://www.mail-archive.com/analog-help@lists.isite.net/ | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ | http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 +------------------------------------------------------------------------