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Jay Vaughan wrote:
> What is it about XML people and their attitudes, anyway ... its just
> a freakin' technology, people, not a doctrine.
I agree with the overall sentiment, but here you are
quite mistaken.
Remember: XML began life as "SGML for the Web", and
SGML is as much a philosophy as it is a technology [*].
Ride it out; this thread will die down in a week or so.
--jenglish@f...
(desperately resisting the urge to respond to Len's last article)
[*] If you're curious about the philosophy of SGML, just
ask any old-time SGMLer [**]. There are still a dozen
or so of us left on this list, so you should get at least
two dozen answers.
[**] ... or a new-time SGMLer [***]
[***] e.g., Simon St. Laurent
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