wholly shmookaroneys

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"without doubt the most horrible, inconvient and just most ridiculous idea
I've ever set my eyes on"!

well, thanks for trying to put the word out Glen!

a lot of people seem really stuck on what a programming language 'should'
look like. i think to some developers an obscure syntax, unintelligible to
an outsider, makes them feel part of a small circle of initiates (perl,
anyone?!)
personally i just love the condensed, expressive syntax of C if not
for its clarity then for its implicit but tight structure and, as far as
programming goes, sheer beauty. but it's not my weapon of choice for most
types of real programming tasks.
i've also seen how a technology like XSLT, while not very expressive and
certainly not elegant, makes traditional solutions to the same problems
that it addresses look ridiculously complex. just imagine writing a Java,
or Perl or C or whatnot program to convert XML files/streams into HTML. or
PDF!

i think maybe i should create a comparison page, with o:XML, Java and
maybe Python or Perl programs side-by-side, performing the same
XML-generation and manipulation tasks.

the examples on the site are not great, they show how to use o:XML as any
other language, not that it is unmatched at producing and processing XML.
maybe something like an RSS generator would be better, examples where
people can see the real use of the language.

anyhow, all feedback is good, rightt!

/m

Martin Klang
http://www.o-xml.org - the object-oriented XML programming language