> I don't see why developers fear XML so much. I think it has to do with the fact that everything is built by web developers now. I heard exactly this same thi

> I don't see why developers fear XML so much. I think it has to do with the fact that everything is built by web developers now. I heard exactly this same thing 15 years ago from a mainframe programmer I was working with on an integration project, but flipped around: "this XML nonsense... you web developers want everything to look like HTML!" Wasn't a good look then, isn't a good look now.