Re: [xml-dev] wacky XML

["Jeff Rafter" <lists@jeffrafter.com>]

Maybe practical maybe not, but I use XML to translate programming
languages... I have written SAX producers for IDL, Java and Delphi-- once in
XML, I have a set of stylesheets that can transform from language to
language. Obviously far from complete but it has written 100,000s lines of
code for me already. For instance I ran it on the SVG IDL files (and
associated) and produced a complete set of native interfaces in C# and
Delphi. I started on a direct port of SAXON to C# using my Java translator
but got busy and had to stop-- it did do all of the headers flawlessly
though.

To take it one step further, I used XSLT to do my Latin homework for a while
a few years ago-- in the intro classes pattern matching handles almost
anything-- it is the later sections that require real thinking : )

I also worked with some New Media Poets that were using SVG to create
dictionary driven and even animated "New Media Poetry".

res inutilis vitorum implemus

Salve,
Jeff Rafter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
To: <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 2:22 PM
Subject: [xml-dev] wacky XML


> I'm trying to convince a few people that XML is still interesting stuff,
> and that people are doing amazing things with it.  I think that kind of
> conversation might also add some relevant but entertaining conversation
> to the list.
>
> By "interesting", I don't mean "our multi-layer transactional process
> enables businesses to fully utilize the power of web services for
> customer needs fulfillment" - I mean something off the beaten path, not
> the usual business-to-business, web content management, or publishing
> scenarios.  (I already own $GML: The Billion-Dollar Secret.)
>
> Possibilities might include:
>
> * "I create model train operating sessions with XML."
> * "I manage satellite imaging using XML."
> * "I operate a sewage treatment plant with XML."
> * "I control my stereo with XML."
> * "I manage my contacts with RDF."
> * "I use XML as part of my plot to conquer the world."
> * "I keep track of my payroll in a database and use XSL-FO to print the
> checks and file the statements."
> * "I keep track of tombstone rubbings in SGML." (This one is real.)
> * "I map forests in 1/5 acre chunks using XML and SVG." (Mine.)
>
> I'd much rather hear things which are shareable, or at least
> replicatable.  I'm not looking for HyTime implementations where "I'd
> tell you but I'd have to kill you" is the rule.
>
> Outrageous is fun, practical is fine, but off the beaten path would be
> appreciated.
>
> -- 
> Simon St.Laurent
> Ring around the content, a pocket full of brackets
> Errors, errors, all fall down!
> http://simonstl.com -- http://monasticxml.org
>
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