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Actually he basically says XML is a complex, unpredictable mess that is not actually extensible; while s-expressions are simple, stable, and extensible. (Though
by Goladus 19y ago
Actually he basically says XML is a complex, unpredictable mess that is not actually extensible; while s-expressions are simple, stable, and extensible. (Though extending them is still a somewhat advanced topic.)
- olavk 19y agoHe is kind of right, since he is talking a about extending the basic XML _syntax_, not about creating or extending XML vocabularies. Obviously his solution with reader macros only works in Lisp, and he seem to be proud about that, but it kind of defeats the purpose of a platform-independent exchange format.