On 04/28/2010 04:39 PM, Stuart Jansen wrote:
> puts("Error: Hipness offended by XML. (ETOOCOOL)");

Your earlier, admittedly comedic (and surprisingly accurate) translation
of my initial email makes me think you're making this an experience vs.
age thing.

That's silly and unfair. I haven't been around this stuff for as long as
you, but I've been on and off the xml bandwagon and given it a fair try.
I used it extensively for data transport and configuration on past
projects; I just know that there are other better things out there now.

You've pointed out that we should use a language that an admin is
familiar with: this is exactly why I'm performing research on the
matter! Our internal syntax is undocumented and guaranteed to be new to
anyone who doesn't work for our company; I'm trying to standardize on a
standard that is simple, available, popular, and automatically parsed by
modern, popular languages.

-- 
Stephen M. McQuay
http://stephen.mcquay.me
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