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RE: [xml-dev] Why XML for Messaging?

From: Dave Pawson <davep@-------.--.-->
To: Dare Obasanjo <dareo@---------.--->
Date: 6/3/2005 4:17:00 PM
On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 13:15 -0700, Dare Obasanjo wrote:
> XML is sub-optimal for almost every task we use it for. 
> 
> It is suboptimal as a document format for the Web. It is suboptimal as a
> wire format for distributed computing. It is suboptimal as a program
> configuration file format. It is suboptimal as a syntax for programming
> languages. It is suboptimal as an business document format. 
> 
> However it is "good enough" at being all these things that we put up
> with it. Anyone can come up with a better format for their specific
> scenario. So what? 

I think that sums it up.
For a specific we can find 'better' solutions.
For a significant majority it's good enough, or better.

Nicely put Dare.

(We'll wait for Lens response :-)

-- 
Regards, 

Dave Pawson
XSLT + Docbook FAQ
http://www.dpawson.co.uk


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