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7 Sep 2024 13:22:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Ah, history  
From: Orchid XP v8
Date: 22 Jul 2008 14:18:29
Message: <48862475$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:

>   Except that XML and its derivatives are hyperverbose and suck. The only
> reason for the hyperverbosity is to make it easier for *programs* to
> interpret the input, not for *humans*.
> 
>   If you want more reasonable markupped documents, designed more for human
> readability, use LaTeX.

I disagree. I think *some* examples of XML suck, while others are more 
or less OK. XHTML isn't too bad, but MathML is just insane... I haven't 
tried personally, but I think SVG lies somewhere inbetween.

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