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> Can't say I've ever thought of it that way as can be seen to the comments to to my comment, there are quite a number of ideas on the ontology of the XML form
by madsbuch 3y ago
> Can't say I've ever thought of it that way
as can be seen to the comments to to my comment, there are quite a number of ideas on the ontology of the XML format. when a single screen worth of text on my phone can hold at least 3 strong convictions on how to use a format, then it is doomed to fail.
- Joker_vD 3y agoJust as an anecdote: about two years ago I had a discussion about marshalling data structures into XML and indeed, two people managed to come up with three different schemes [0]. Of course that spells doom for something that's supposed to be used as a data-exchange format. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24614404#24626486 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24614404#24626486