XML is almost always misused

Re:XML is almost always misused by zippergz on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:25PM (#21391579)

If a piece of technology is "almost always" misused, is that the fault of the users, or the technology?

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Re:XML is almost always misused by scarygliders on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:09PM (#21392059)

If you mean "users" as in "users of the XML format", then it's the fault of developers as 'users' of their applications don't have any choice in the matter.

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Re:XML is almost always misused by zippergz on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:56PM (#21403850)

I mean "users" exactly the same way "used" was meant in the author's statement. So yes, the developers, who are the people who are using XML.

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Re:XML is almost always misused by Gibbon1 on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:54PM (#21392503)

Marketing usually.

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Re:XML is almost always misused by dimitar on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:31PM (#21391645)

Exactly, this is some variant of No true Scotsman

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