Re: [xml-dev] RE: The String Datatype is the Worst Datatype EverCreated

[Jim Melton <jim.melton@oracle.com>]

More on Liam's point:

I am watching a future already beginning in which arbitrary natural 
language text is analyzed and handled by machine to the point where no 
human ever sees the text, or sees it only under exceptional 
circumstances. Why on earth would anybody believe that "data [only] for 
machines" should or can be limited to a small finite space?

Jim



On 9/24/2015 9:56 AM, Liam Quin wrote:
> On 2015-09-24 10:16, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
>
> > Extrapolating, I see a day where there will only be data for machines,
> > no data for humans (or, relatively very, very little).
> Increased computer/computer communication doesn't mean the human 
> communication becomes unimportant to humans.
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