Re: Bob needs a new catchphrase
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:06:48 GMT
Message-ID: <c5z1h.12606$cz.207962_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
>
> The thing is, a bunch of people were asleep at the switch when the
> internet's growth underlined the need for better transfer formats, so as
> often happens the first attempt even though inferior prevailed.
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:06:48 GMT
Message-ID: <c5z1h.12606$cz.207962_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
> BobTheDataBaseBoy wrote:
> ...
>
>> To quote Allen Holub (a coder): "Just say No to XML". I will add, in >> all its forms.
>
> The thing is, a bunch of people were asleep at the switch when the
> internet's growth underlined the need for better transfer formats, so as
> often happens the first attempt even though inferior prevailed.
As
> usual, the crowd took over and started using xml for all kinds of
> nonsense, even though it was flawed from the start - I remember one of
> the authors acknowledging how fat, byte-wise, it was and saying that
> this could be remedied via compression. Some remedy, just jobs for the
> boys.
Like the Holy Grail, the quest for silver bullets is eternal. Received on Tue Oct 31 2006 - 04:06:48 CET