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Re: [xml-dev] Generic XML Tag Closer (GXTC)

From: Tony Graham <tkg@--------.--->
To: xml-dev@-----.---.---
Date: 8/21/2006 12:14:00 PM
Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@e...> writes:
> On Aug 18, 2006, at 15:30, James Fuller wrote:
>> Also note that some of my perl scripts dont use an XML parser to
>> process well formed XML.
>
> Reading this tempts me to support such a radical change, just so that
> the likes of you may rot in hell.

The Desperate Perl Hacker (DPH), the likes of James, entered the XML
lexicon during a rather earlier discussion of empty end-tags [1].

The interests of (or concerns over desperation levels of) the DPH won
out over the brevity, convenience, or other positive attributes of
empty end-tags.

Regards,


Tony.

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-sgml-wg/1997May/0242.html


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