• From: "Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@g...>
• To: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:51:26 -0800

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:13 AM, Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@s...> wrote:
> Andrew Welch wrote:
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>> Something to consider is Scala, which contains an xml type:
>>
>> http://www.scala-lang.org/node/131
>>
>> ...so you have both a general purpose language with an inbuilt xml
>> processing ability.
>
> That strikes me as an interesting and likely path forward.  Instead of
> bolt-on APIs, language developers can integrate XML-specific functionality
> with their environments.
>

Of course. LINQ has been there for 3 years now.


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• References:
  • Feasibility of "do all application coding in the XML languages"?
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
  • Re: Feasibility of "do all application coding in the XML languages"?
    • From: "Mukul Gandhi" <gandhi.mukul@g...>
  • Re: Feasibility of "do all application coding in the XMLlanguages"?
    • From: Rick Jelliffe <rjelliffe@a...>
  • Re: Feasibility of "do all application coding in the XML languages"?
    • From: "Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@g...>
  • Re: Feasibility of "do all application coding in the XMLlanguages"?
    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>