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IDK, the XML hysteria is similar by comparison to the dynamic and functional languages hysterias. And it pales in comparison to the micro services, SPA and the

• xorcist 1y ago
  Agreed. Also, Docker.
• homebrewer 1y ago
  IMHO it's pretty comparable, the difference is only in the magnitude of insanity. After all, the industry did crap out these hardware XML accelerators that were supposed to improve performance of doing massive amounts of XML transformations — is it not the GPU/TPU craze of today? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_appliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_appliance E.g. https://www.serverwatch.com/hardware/power-up-xml-data-processing-with-the-datapower-xa35-xml-accelerator/ https://www.serverwatch.com/hardware/power-up-xml-data-proce...
  • soulofmischief 1y ago
    At least arrays of numbers are naturally much closer to the hardware, we've definitely come a long way in that regard.
  • bogeholm 1y ago
    From your first link > An XML appliance is a special-purpose network device used to secure, manage and mediate XML traffic. Holy moly
• vjvjvjvjghv 1y ago
  Exactly. Compared to microservices XML is a pretty minor problem.