Slashdot, and everything else running Slash (i.e. use.perl.org) seem to no
longer be doing XML RSS feeds, but a custom DTD called 'backslash'. I
was wondering if anyone knows anything about this.
I'm currently working on building summaries of sites, and then things
from these summaries. I
Mark Fowler sent the following bits through the ether:
Slashdot, and everything else running Slash (i.e. use.perl.org) seem to no
longer be doing XML RSS feeds, but a custom DTD called 'backslash'. I
was wondering if anyone knows anything about this.
Don't know about the Big Picture
Mark:
a) What and Why is backslash?
b) Is this better/worse/indifferent? Should I use it instead?
I'd love to know both of these. I can't find anything regarding backslash
following a quick trawl of the slashcode site.
I'm immediately pre-disposed against it simply because, even if only
