From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,6487f59679c615d8 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.68.138.199 with SMTP id qs7mr211426pbb.1.1336703036935; Thu, 10 May 2012 19:23:56 -0700 (PDT) Path: pr3ni12039pbb.0!nntp.google.com!news2.google.com!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Oliver Kleinke Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Reference Manual 2012 in info format Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 04:23:53 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: <20120511042353.141ed9dd@vostro> References: <82aa1ud0l3.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <20120509131736.63c924c8@vostro> <17qiwxc1yxhx7$.11tflala8jabh$.dlg@40tude.net> <4faa7790$0$9508$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net> <1qod0a82z1gx4.6ncrd98m7cz3.dlg@40tude.net> <2nfobsn64ovj$.yo1ugseoo72.dlg@40tude.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="r9vWwZGRqWnz4jaCL7CcWg"; logging-data="15874"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19+mI7UdHPF8SCYRrwW6q6MjeUxVtT5AtI=" X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/LRx3qwEf3vL/S5Br7Tr9kekkW4= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: 2012-05-11T04:23:53+02:00 List-Id: > BTW, XML is ever worse that just that. The "legality" you are talking > about is merely stupid syntax checks, necessary because guys were > unable to get the syntax right. It is not even close to what we > understand under legality for Ada programs. XML is meaningless as a > programming language. It does not define any semantics beyond > counting opening and closing brackets. You can stuff any rubbish into > XML. It is a presentation format, pure waste of bandwidth, absolutely > useless. > Most (parsing-)legality problems won't ever arise in XML because of the way it was designed. XML is no programming language. Moreover more complex rules can be enforced using XSD.[1][2] Obviously you know diddly-squat about XML and XML-related technologies, therefore you should either brush up on your knowledge or stay mum. Apart from that your points are totally inept and bizarre. -- [1] - http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/REC-xmlschema11-1-20120405/ [2] - http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/REC-xmlschema11-2-20120405/