On May 15, 4:17=A0pm, Joe Kesselman <keshlam.cat.nos...@verizon.net>
wrote:
> > My main gripe against XML is that it's so verbose. In this particular
> > application, tags and antitags take up more than ten times as much spac=
e as
> > the actual data being sent. CSV was *so* much more compact.
>
> XML's verbosity is part of what's made it rapidly accepted -- it's easy
> to debug.
>
> On the other hand, XML has never claimed to be the right answer for all
> tasks.

Microsoft, on the other hand, has effectively claimed so. Well, maybe
not *all* tasks. But my new computer at work has Office 2007. Not only
do I hate the new user-interfaces, but it turns out the new file
format is . . .

wait for it . . .

a zip file full of XML docs.

Features were lost in the transformation. At least I think so: with
the new user-interface I can't find half the features I used to use
daily.

Jim Deutch (JimboCat)
--
"The most evil piece of hardware I ever saw was the screw-headed nail.
Just nail those door hinges into place, and the home-owner will have
the nice warm feeling that the builders did it properly and screwed
them in carefully and firmly." - Timo Nieminen