• To: PaulT <pault12@p...>
• Subject: Re: Caught napping!
• From: John Cowan <cowan@m...>
• Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 07:02:58 -0500 (EST)
• Cc: Sean McGrath <sean.mcgrath@p...>, xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <003901c16914$f9098e60$2cd0a340@pault> from PaulT at "Nov 9, 200103:52:13 am"

PaulT scripsit:

> 1. XML has no reasonable model behind it.
> ( where it is? where is the math, 'mapped'  into
> some real stuff ( like it is with SQL and/or regexprs),

Google for "hedge automata".

> It takes ages to get a 'simple' things clean. It took
> *years* for UNIX guys to 'invent'  the '|' symbol !
> 
> Just a stupid '|' symbol!

Well, maybe a few months after ken and dmr started to think
about the problem.

-- 
John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@c...
Please leave your values        |       Check your assumptions.  In fact,
   at the front desk.           |          check your assumptions at the door.
     --sign in Paris hotel      |            --Miles Vorkosigan

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