XML and Ada was RE: A standard package for config files is needed

["Robert C. Leif" <rleif@rleif.com>]

From: Bob Leif
To: Pascal Obry et al.

Ada and XML both have: range checking, enumerated types, begins and
ends, bounded strings, as well as nesting of types or classes. XML has a
rather verbose import statement that is equivalent to a with and a
renames. The assignment of attributes in XML is similar to the formal
actual notation of Ada. The extendable style language XSL, even has end
if structures. 

Ada syntax is certainly preferable and much more succinct; however, XML
and its schema based family of languages can comfortably coexist with
Ada. I might note that there are parts of XML that Ada could copy. XML
tokens can have both a minimum and a maximum size and specify both a
character set and a pattern for them to be organized. This capacity
exists for all strings and is a super set of the picture clause. Ada can
benefit from these facilities by using XML for the equivalent of
Text_Io.  

-----Original Message-----
From: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org
[mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org] On Behalf Of Pascal Obry
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 11:11 AM
To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
Subject: Re: A standard package for config files is needed


"Robert C. Leif" <rleif@rleif.com> writes:

> From: Bob Leif
> To: Ted Dennison et al.
> I agree about "bandwagon" argument. However, this time the Ada
community
> can use it to our advantage. Ada has a good fit with XML; Java does
not.

I'm completly lost with your arguments about Ada XML and Java !

Can you explain a bit what you have in mind ?

For me there is two different groups here: Languages and a markup
language to
structure and exchange data. Both languages (Ada and Java) can use XML
and for
me they are on the same groud.

Pascal.

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