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Don't ask me, I don't even know what was so bad about XML tags.
by wpm 1y ago
Don't ask me, I don't even know what was so bad about XML tags.
- SpaceNoodled 1y agoProbably the verbosity, necessity of a schema for typing, and mixing of text with tags as siblings.
- nielsbot 1y agoAnd having to add both opening and closing tags.
- SpaceNoodled 1y agoYes, that's a large part of the verbosity I was mentioning.
- CrimsonCape 1y agoThis should be perfectly valid: < date="today" id="978"/> I could have used this many times.
- seec 1y agoNot fashionable enough. In all seriousness XML is so much more powerful and no need for a parser with infinite edge case. Editing is just fine with the proper editor/IDE. But there is a religion around plaint text and minimal editors so whatever...