To paraphrase jwz: "Some people, when confronted with a problem, think, 'I know, I'll use XML!' Now they have several problems."
(I admit XML has its uses (and word processing documents may actually be one of them), but damn does it get over-used.) On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> wrote: > Worse than that: > > <post> > <font family="unspecified" size="default"> > <salutation><word>Hi</word><punctuation>,</punctuation></salutation><br /> > <body><paragraph><sentence><word>What</word><word>makes</word><word>you</word><word>say</word><word>that</word><punctuation>?</punctuation></sentence></paragraph><br > /></body> > <signature><leader>-- </leader><br /><name>Ben</name><br /></signature> > </font> > </post> > > Ben Scott wrote: > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> > wrote: >> XML is darned wordy. > > <post> > <salutation><word>Hi</word>,</salutation> > <body><paragraph><sentence><word>What</word><word>makes</word><word>you</word><word>say</word><word>that?</word></sentence></paragraph></body> > <signature><leader>-- </leader><name>Ben</name> </post> > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist