Re: [xml-dev] Microsoft Hypes Up XUL As The Greatest Expiriment Since Ad

["Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>]

elharo@metalab.unc.edu (Elliotte Rusty Harold) writes:
>The examples of XUL and XAML presented here both mix presentation 
>information directly with the markup. Neither is superior in this 
>regard. Thus, to the extent that CSS is directly embedded in the 
>structure here, for good or bad, XAML's syntax is more appropriate 
>than XUL's.

I disagree.  Even in the case of the style attribute, I'm happier to see
presentation information segregated than I am to see "more appropriate"
XML syntax.

Even in XML documents, XML syntax isn't always appropriate, for a wide
variety of reasons.

In this particular case, I see Microsoft crushing yet another standard
it doesn't control and doesn't much like, so I have even less sympathy
for the argument than usual.

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