Re: [xml-dev] If XML is too hard for a programmer, perhaps he'd b e better off as a crossing guard

["Rick Jelliffe" <ricko@allette.com.au>]

From: "John Cowan" <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>

> However, although baseball is not a universal interest, it is not U.S.
> specific either.  Tim Bray is a Canadian, and Sammy Sosa, though he plays
> in the U.S., is a Dominican.  Baseball is also a national sport of Cuba,
> Mexico, and Japan.

In many countries outside North America "American" means "North American",
despite the univocal wishes of Canadians.  Sometimes it even includes South
and Central Americans.

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe