> The "this is code but you have to write it as correctly-formed XML" bit is whacky. that's all over the java ecosystem, though, not just build tools: android

> The "this is code but you have to write it as correctly-formed XML" bit is whacky. that's all over the java ecosystem, though, not just build tools: android and (i think?) spring both use several types of xml files to build. not saying it's not whacky, but it's def. prevalent.