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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 21:33:41 +0100
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In article <uDg7a.10931$ES3.5321@nwrddc04.gnilink.net>, Hyman Rosen
<hyrosen@mail.com> writes
>brougham3@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Why ...
>
>Why don't people read before writing?
>
>The OP claimed that the reason various battlefield
>communications systems didn't properly talk to each
>other was that they were programmed in different
>languages. This is utter nonsense. For systems to
>interoperate, they either all have to adhere to a
>rigorously defined protocol, or they have to be
>developed in tandem.
>
Unless, ho ho, they communicate using magic Web services. Then, because
all messages are expressed in terms of self-describing XML, the receiver
can always understand what the sender means.

Just think of all the fuss software engineers made about semantics,
before they realised that all you need is a few tags!

-- 
Tom Welsh