> XML isn't bad in and of itself. I'm arguing that it is. Symptoms of badness: version 1.0 of the basic standard is on its 5th edition over ~8 years. Said stan

> XML isn't bad in and of itself. I'm arguing that it is. Symptoms of badness: version 1.0 of the basic standard is on its 5th edition over ~8 years. Said standard is stupendously huge. Major security/crash & other bugs in pretty much every parser (https://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html https://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.htm...) as of less than a year ago. XHTML's abandonment. In short, XML stinks and there's plenty of evidence out there that it does. Please note that doesn't mean I would wish XML away. Widespread adoption, in and of itself, is a killer feature.