I think S-expressions would have been better. Alternatively Carl Sassenrath was pushing Rebol in the past. See his blog post "Was XML Flawed from the Start?"

I think S-expressions would have been better. Alternatively Carl Sassenrath was pushing Rebol in the past. See his blog post "Was XML Flawed from the Start?" - http://www.rebol.com/article/0108.html http://www.rebol.com/article/0108.html Update: Just posted the above blog link to HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7361260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7361260