• From: Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@g...>
• To: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
• Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:15:17 +0000

> 2.  Avoiding XML attributes makes your language simpler.

It really doesn't, it makes it bulkier and more annoying to process.

<thing type="A">

vs

<thing>
  <type>A</type>

When processing <thing> you need to look ahead to determine how to process it.


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Andrew Welch
http://andrewjwelch.com

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