because XML is often used to simulate dynamic coding a great example of this is XAML right?
XAML is excecutable code expressed as XML every self-respecting enterprise architect thinks XML is the second coming and will put loads of it in there. So instead of describing stuff in XML and giving your whole team carpal tunnel you can do the same thing by using Ruby to configure your application The argument is often yeah we did it in XML because then we didn't have to compile again to make a quick change. The news is :) You don't have to compile Ruby AND you can do more stuff with it than you can do with XML. Now if you were to ask me when should I use XML => when you need validation of data coming from an external source or when you need some form of namespacing when communicating with 3rd parties all other cases are YAGNI. --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Google Wave: portocarrero.i...@googlewave.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Shay Friedman <shay.fried...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi there, > > Jimmy wrote in one of his latests posts that Ruby can replace XML. I didn't > understand this statement because XML files are static configuration files > (and Ruby also has an equivalent - YAML)... > > How can Ruby code replace XML files? > > Thanks! > Shay. > > -- > -------------------------------------------------- > Shay Friedman > Author of IronRuby Unleashed > http://www.IronShay.com > Follow me: http://twitter.com/ironshay > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > >
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