Re: [xml-dev] The Airplane Example (was Re: [xml-dev] Streaming XML)

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Elliotte Harold <>
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Benjamin Franz <>
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2005-01-06T15:17:17Z
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Re: [xml-dev] The Airplane Example (was Re: [xml-dev] Streaming XML)
Benjamin Franz wrote:


> Just because it doesn't have any 'moving parts' doesn't mean it doesn't 
> wear out: EVERYTHING wears out sooner or later.

Yes, but there's a point at which a quantitative difference becomes a 
qualitative one; and I think the orders of magnitude difference between 
a computer wearing out due to cosmic rays and thermal fatigue and a car 
engine wearing out due to mechanical friction crosses that line.

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Elliotte Rusty Harold  
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