Re: a few short notes

At 13:53 04/02/02 +0000, Paul Robinson wrote:

>The problem with XML is that it's an infant technology, and so it's only now
>we're starting to get decent tools to work with it. A C program that can
>parse and validate XML can be written in a dozen or so lines. It's just that
>the current tools are bloated...

I have heard a lot of hype about XML, but the thing with the
'a dozen or so lines' is new. It's clear that there are bloated
XML tools, as there are bloated tools for anything, but
'a dozen or so lines' is far off the mark, in particular
if you include validation.

Regards,   Martin.