Re:XML: Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't always kill b...
by zdw on Saturday February 19, 2011 @06:33PM
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Does this go along with your strict "NO WINDOWS" and "NO FUN" policies as well?
Seriously, there are places where XML is the right tool, which the poster does a fine job of bringing up.
There are a lot of places where it is not, but was used because something better for those specific use cases hadn't been invented yet - JSON is barely 10 years old, whereas XML's SGML roots go back over 30.
Whatever the case, we're better off with ANY structured data format than old delimited and fixed column width formats from the dinosaur days.
Seriously, there are places where XML is the right tool, which the poster does a fine job of bringing up.
There are a lot of places where it is not, but was used because something better for those specific use cases hadn't been invented yet - JSON is barely 10 years old, whereas XML's SGML roots go back over 30.
Whatever the case, we're better off with ANY structured data format than old delimited and fixed column width formats from the dinosaur days.