Re: [xml-dev] Web Application Development is Different (and Better)

[Frank Manola <fmanola@acm.org>]

Nice job!

On Jan 30, 2014, at 7:04 AM, Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@simonstl.com> wrote:

> For those who wonder why I've championed that bastard child of SGML all these years, when it's obvious that Web technology isn't as shiny smart as XML:
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> <http://programming.oreilly.com/2014/01/web-application-development-is-different-and-better.html>
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> Eventually I need to write a "Why XML Bounced Off the Web" piece, but this wasn't the time for it.
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> If you prefer short form, this is a quick summary from another mailing list conversation:
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> I disagree about the infancy.  The Web's a pretty hardened young adult.  Unlike most technology platforms, it's had to deal with a diverse and cranky set of constituencies.  It's also had to deal with a wildly varying set of implementations across multiple platforms.
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> It may look immature to environments that have led coddled lives, but those very cuts have bred practices that let us achieve miracles every day.
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> Thanks,
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> Simon St.Laurent
> http://simonstl.com/
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