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From: Marius Amado Alves <amado.alves@netcabo.pt>
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Subject: Re: Experiences of XML parser generators for Ada?
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>>so here comes my advice: think twice before using xml.
>>xml is a very powerful tool for DYNAMICALLY STRUCTURED HUMAN READABLE 
>>TEXT.
> 
> Human readable? I have an impression that punched cards were more readable!
> XML reminds me one implementation of Algol 60, in which all keyword were
> upper case put in quotes, e.g. 'BEGIN'. Though, even that was more readable
> than XML.

Indeed XML has failed its two main purposes, which were to be readable 
by humans and efficiently processable by machines. Maybe there is a 
third, unwritten, more important need that XML has met, given its 
apparent widespread adoption. Otherwise XML must be the greatest IT hoax 
spanning two millenia.