> Normally you invent some syntax and parse it to get what is called “abstract syntax tree” (AST). With XML you work directly with an AST. This is also why the

> Normally you invent some syntax and parse it to get what is called “abstract syntax tree” (AST). With XML you work directly with an AST. This is also why the Scheme syntax for XML, SXML, feels right at home in the land of S-expressions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SXML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SXML