> 
> Is there some reason that patterns and expressions are not 
> represented in
> xml wherease much of the rest of the languag is?

You might enjoy writing

<expr operator="+"><operand>2</operand><operand>2</operand></expr>

Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer 2+2.

Mike Kay


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