XML Considered Harmful

dn PythonList at DancesWithMice.info
Thu Sep 23 21:02:29 EDT 2021


On 22/09/2021 07.22, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
> On 21/09/2021 13.49, alister wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:12:10 -0500, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
>>
>>> On the prolog thread, somebody posted a link to:
>>> <https://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-is-not-java.html>

Given the source, shouldn't one take any criticism of Python (or Java)
with at least the proverbial grain of salt!


>>> One thing that it tangentially says is "XML is not the answer."

"tangential" as in 'spinning off'?


...

> It's my own research, so I can give myself the data in any format that I
> like.
...
With that, why not code it as Python expressions, and include the module?
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Regards,
=dn


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