I recall approximately no one making that argument. That isn't to say there aren't terrible misuses of XML (the database within a database notion that, while so

I recall approximately no one making that argument. That isn't to say there aren't terrible misuses of XML (the database within a database notion that, while sometimes necessary, is every beginner's mistake), but you're juxtaposing an absurd invention that isn't actually real at all. XML filled a role.