Re: XML: The good, the bad, and the ugly

From: Lemming <thiswillbounce_at_bumblbee.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:28:22 +0100
Message-ID: <0mqan0d5jev8g9t6uhvdr1o11b2q2eqhlo@4ax.com>

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:46:58 -0400, "Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote:

>
>"Anne & Lynn Wheeler" <lynn_at_garlic.com> wrote in message
>news:ubreyzre7.fsf_at_mail.comcast.net...
>
>> if it is communicate ... as in *computer communication* ... then
>> it tends to be moving data around.
>>
>> if it is communicate as in *convey information* .... then it is back
>> to the original invention/characteristic of gml about self-describing
>> information ...
>
>Please bear with me. I'm really not often this dense.
>
>What is the difference between "computer communication" and "convey
>information"?

Don't they teach the difference between data and information in cs classes nowadays? ;-)

Lemming

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