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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 11:37:10 -0800, "Don Park" <donpark@d...> wrote: >"Why isn't there namespaces in normal languages like English?" There are most certainly namespaces in English. _Every_ trade and profession has its own terminology and jargon, which uses the same words used elsewhere but which have very context-specific interpretations. Even when you restrict yourself to casual conversation, a milkshake in Boston is a very different thing from a milkshake in Los Angeles. In a London pub, a man might ask a woman who was getting up to leave, "Mind if I pinch your seat?" Saying the same thing in New York might result in him ending up on the floor. -Steve Schafer xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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