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   Re: [xml-dev] Article: "The horror of XML"

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Elliotte Rusty Harold scripsit:

> You don't have to 
> accept documents from arbitrary sources to accept documents from 
> coworkers, other groups, customers, vendors, contractors, and others 
> who may or may not send you what you expect.

Granted.  I always send myself what I expect, though.  As for "why use
XML at all", because there are downstream people who expect it -- my
fgrep reads and routes but does not in any way consume the XML.

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