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[mgp-users 01162] Re: Sam's Improvements; my MGP macro processor
- To: sds@gnu.org
- Subject: [mgp-users 01162] Re: Sam's Improvements; my MGP macro processor
- From: Chris Ball <chris@void.printf.net>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 01:02:55 +0100
- Cc: mgp-users@mew.org
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- In-reply-to: <> (Sam Steingold's message of "27 May 2003 17:44:33 -0400")
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Sam,
>> On 27 May 2003 17:44:33, Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org> said:
> I think this is the wrong direction. Why not just use XML for
> the mgp format? That would solve most problems I experienced.
Because Humans don't speak XML. Parsers do, and they're very good at
speaking it; there are many of us, however, who feel that a person
having to write XML is a failure of interface design.
- Chris. (Who offers no qualifications to back up his opinions. :)
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