Re: funny article

Jan Hidders wrote:
>> As humorous as the worship of XML might be, equally humorous is the
>> fear of
>> the same, as in beliefs such as:
>>
>> STOP! Be afraid! Your livelihood is under attack by a new approach to
>> formatted data. While comma-quote (comma-separated, comma-delimited,
>> tab-delimited, csv, etc) formats did no physical harm, we are now being
>> attacked by a data format so powerful that it will topple our profession.
>> DO NOT TOUCH! If you get any of the XML on your hands, it will start
>> oozing
>> into every part of your being. <soul>It will consume you!</soul>
>> Anything
>> you touch will then be wrapped in XML. This will not only make your
>> stuff
>> dog-ugly, but will slow you down to a point where medication will not be
>> effective in reviving you. Everything you once held dear will mean
>> nothing
>> to you ever again. Be afraid -- BE VERY
>> AFRAID<punctuation>!</punctuation>

> 
> 
> Indeed. It's very hard not to see this in religious terms. I have the 
> impression that the members of the anti-XML church are often the same 
> people that hold the obviously silly idea that there is only one true 
> data model that is universal and superior to all others in all 
> situations. Their state of mind apparently makes them jump to the 
> conclusion that the Church of XML makes similar claims, which of course 
> they don't. I'm an active member of that church, so I should know. :-) 
> Excuse while I go prepare my sermons for next week.
> 
> -- Jan Hidders

Do you mind if I ask you if this church of XML is abotu a data model or about a document model ?

And is there any validity to the rumors that its priests are being bribed by lavish grants and sponsored conferences that end up showing kind of very little in the way of results ?

I mean a modest software engineer like me, even if I was brainwashed by XML propaganda, I wouldn't be able to use much in the way of building systems. That is after so many years of hype. That is contrast with, say, SQL, which inspite of the theoretical problems, still makes the world go round in many places.

Cheers,
Costin Received on Wed Dec 01 2004 - 01:43:40 CET