• From: Gavin Thomas Nicol <gtn@e...>
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 11:41:34 -0400

> What XML and schemas bring to the party is a 
> somewhat cheaper means to negotiate the bridging 
> documents, once called intermediate file formats. 

Yes. A new, more flexible infrastructure.
 
> So in effect, some progress (commom means) and 
> therefore, more efficiency in creating the bridges.  
> The Desperate PERL Hacker is able to do the job 
> for which we once needed a C++ network guru.

Right. Same problems. Roughly the same solutions.
Some new tools to help us along.

I don't see any silver bullets here.

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