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XML is supposed to be a human-readable platform- and language-independent format for data and document exchange. The article just shows that you can do all kind
by olavk 19y ago
XML is supposed to be a human-readable platform- and language-independent format for data and document exchange. The article just shows that you can do all kinds of cool stuff with s-expressions if you happen to use CL.
Just as if a smalltalk enthusiast proposed exchange of serialized smalltalk-images as the universal solution for data interchange. Because XML is just to complex to parse.
- Tichy 19y agoDidn't read the article through to the end, but I suppose, if you can use an XML parser to read a document, you might as well use a S-Expression parser.
- omouse 19y agoJust as if a smalltalk enthusiast proposed exchange of serialized smalltalk-images as the universal solution for data interchange. That's not a bad idea, and as I understand it, the Lisp operating systems back in the day passed actual objects back and forth between programs instead of strings.