Re: RFC 357 (v1) Perl should use XML for documentation instead of POD

[John Porter]

Garrett Goebel wrote:
> 
> Some arguments for XML:
> 
> - Done right, it could be easier to write and maintain

Pod is already "done right", and it's already spectacularly
easy to write and maintain.  XML is a hammer in search of nail.


> - Why make people learn pod, when everyone's learning XML?
> there's the "everyone else is doing it" argument for XML.

Pod's easier to learn than xml; and besides, "everyone's
doing it" is not a good reason (not to mention that it's false).


> - Pod can be translated into XML and vice versa

Sounds like a reason NOT to replace pod with xml.


> - Standard elements could be defined and utilized with the
>   same or greater ease than pod for build and configuration.

False.  The only thing missing from pod is the definition of
these "standard elements" in the pod spec.  The way to fix
it is to add these definitions, not replace pod with xml.

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John Porter

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