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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Should Inline be private in the private part of a package spec?
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:12:49 +0200
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Date: 2012-08-21T21:12:49+02:00
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:29:49 +0200, Pascal Obry wrote:

> Dmitry,
> 
>> I presented no examples at all. How could I, if XML has no use in my eyes?
> 
> I've followed this discussion a bit... No enough time to understand all
> your points! All this looks quite silly to me, XML (is a kind of
> new/simplified SGML) is a way to make structured information. It is
> probably possible to do the same with CSV, or with some other structured
> language... Maybe? And what's the point?

Yes, what is the point?

> So what's your problem with XML? Heavy language? Not that much when you
> need to define precisely information... I've been working during a long
> time into a TI department, so that could explain that... Before XML many
> people were defining their own language to store/exchange information.

How does XML change this? XML is not a language for that purpose. You still
need a layer on top of it in order to represent your information.

> XML is a somewhat a good compromise.

A compromise between what? What was sacrificed in favor of what?

> We may do better, but at
> least that's a good current solution to me.

Of which exactly problem? The problem of exchanging information is
obviously too vague to be true.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de