> [XML] is like going backwards to the 60ies (OK, there are some thing > XML is good for -- is't developed as HTML successor and in this area > XML has quite some advantages; in some cases it's also good as > intermediate data exchange format, but not always; as an primary > format to save data in most cases it's one of the worst choices... > IMHO).
I'm also quite firmly not in the XML-for-everything camp (*) but have you considered the business reason: why bother with both a primary data format and an intermediate data exchange format; there may as well be just one format. Optimize later. Darren *: The first thing I do with most XML files that I need to do anything serious with is turn them into a csv file (unless the data is genuinely hierarchical, and collapsing it is unreasonable, but that is rare) _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
