Re:Why XML Tags Are So Fundamental to Claude
by oytis on Sunday March 01, 2026 @03:25PM
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XML is still around, but I don't think many people would choose it as a serialization format today for something new.
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Re:Why XML Tags Are So Fundamental to Claude
by dathanb82 on Sunday March 01, 2026 @04:59PM
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The use of XML as a data serialization format was always a bad choice. It was designed as a document _markup_ language (it’s in the name), which is exactly the way it’s being used for Claude, and is actually a good use case.