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   Re: [xml-dev] XML Sucks

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I find that often to me and my clients, you are either (a) not going
to touch XML directly because you are using a user interface, which you
would have used anyway even if XML were not present or (b) you're a 
programmer and prefer to monkey around with the code directly anyway. 

In the case of (b), no amount of pretty printing will turn C++ into Python
or Ruby, and no amount of pretty printing will clarify the semantics of 
an obfuscated schema.

Jeff Lowery wrote:
>>Paul Jensen wrote:
>>
>>>It's a good point -- a standard syntax does have advantages you
>>>mention. I just find that XML is cumbersome to enter, and often
>>>difficult to read.
> 
> 
> If it's just a question of format, HTML Tidy is useful for plain ol' vanilla
> XML:
> 
> http://tidy.sourceforge.net/
> 
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