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[mgp-users 01167] Re: Sam's Improvements; my MGP macro processor
- To: Chris Ball <chris@void.printf.net>
- Subject: [mgp-users 01167] Re: Sam's Improvements; my MGP macro processor
- From: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
- Date: 28 May 2003 09:24:50 -0400
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> * In message <m3u1bf5j50.fsf@totally-fudged-out-message-id>
> * On the subject of "[mgp-users 01164] Re: Sam's Improvements; my MGP macro processor"
> * Sent on Wed, 28 May 2003 03:22:13 +0100
> * Honorable Chris Ball <chris@void.printf.net> writes:
>
> >> On 27 May 2003 21:15:16, Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org> said:
>
> > The main feature of XML is that its syntax is unambiguous.
>
> It's interesting how the type system trade-off between expressiveness
> and verification seems to follow through to file formats. :) I think
> that I would rather lose the complete unambiguity in exchange for the
> ease of being able to hit tab instead of typing '<point level="n">'
> into my presentation many times.
You _are_ a Perl aficionado, aren't you?
> [1]: <http://axpoint.axkit.org/>
interesting.
I guess I will keep this in mind for the remote possibility that I will
ever need to make another presentation :-)
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