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At 10:37 AM 12/4/2002 -0800, Jeff Lowery wrote:
>So let's see if I understand this:
>
>Are XML datatypes core technology? No.
>
>Are XML datatypes useful under certain contexts? Certainly.
>
>Can the support and transport of datatype information impose a burden in
>contexts where datatypes are not useful? Of course.
I agree with all of this.
>So why is this class warfare and not merely an argument for good software
>design?
>
>Politics? Mmmm... could be.
Or perhaps because we don't spend enough time discussing this at the level
of concrete examples and usage scenarios.
Jonathan
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