Re: [xml-dev] Suggestions for a slightly less verbose (and easier to author) XML

Rob Lugt wrote:
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> Thanks for the link.  I didn't realize that Jon Bosak was the legendry
> "DPH".  I think that XML 1.x has already moved well beyond what most
> programmers are prepared to process with Perl regular expressions.  Surely
> Perl hackers use expat to do the hard work these days?

Well I never bought that argument to start with. I thought then and
think now that XML would have been better if it had allowed short
end-tags. But it doesn't matter. The conservatism of the installed base
will prevent any changes to XML. They were conservative about changes in
*1998*. I personally think you'd have more luck arguing for electoral
reform or democratic world government.

 Paul Prescod