Yeah. Look, I’m a booster for XML. But I recently worked on a project to interface with Microsoft Office documents. So many conflicting namespaces. So. Many. C

Yeah. Look, I’m a booster for XML. But I recently worked on a project to interface with Microsoft Office documents. So many conflicting namespaces. So. Many. Conflicting. Namespaces. Often for the same “kind” of document, at least as far as the user is concerned. So much flexibility. So many ways to paint yourself into a corner. Such a nightmare. Also, the reason we have jobs.