http://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2004/02/10/the-xml-conspiracy.aspxI really shouldn't be telling you this. It will probably get me into a lot of trouble. Still, its not like a lot of people are reading this, so I might as well open up for once and tell you the straight scoop. XML was a hoax. This is real. Not many peopleen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2004/02/10/the-xml-conspiracy.aspx#71086Wed, 11 Feb 2004 04:48:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:71086Rick SchautI remember sitting around with a bunch of grad students talking about LISP, when one asked me, &quot;You know what 'LISP' stands for, don't you?&quot; <br> <br>&quot;No,&quot; I said. <br> <br>&quot;Lots of Insipid, Stupid Parentheses!&quot; he exclaimed. <br> <br>To which, another grad student replied, &quot;Silly! The 'S' stands for Silly!&quot;http://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2004/02/10/the-xml-conspiracy.aspx#71089Wed, 11 Feb 2004 04:57:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:71089MattYa, I know what you mean. I'm currently working an a parenthesis free language. No braces or brackets either. Just get rid of them. They clutter everything up anyway. <br>http://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2004/02/10/the-xml-conspiracy.aspx#71109Wed, 11 Feb 2004 05:40:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:71109Shane KingWell, you get 10 for style but 0 for originality for that story. ;) <br> <br>Seriously, if you look through a long enough telescope, then sure, everything looks like lisp. Then again, if you look through a powerful enough microscope, every program looks like machine language. I don't think either is a really meaningful way to look at things. <br> <br>Please don't construe this comment as sticking up for XML though. :) <br>http://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2004/02/10/the-xml-conspiracy.aspx#71153Wed, 11 Feb 2004 07:29:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:71153MattMy favorite XML gag from years ago was the one where the leaders of tech industry get together to make a public announcement, admitting the truth that XML is 'just a string.' <br>http://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2004/02/10/the-xml-conspiracy.aspx#72135Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:41:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:72135The Wayward WebLoghttp://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2004/02/10/the-xml-conspiracy.aspx#72137Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:44:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:72137The Wayward WebLoghttp://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2004/02/10/the-xml-conspiracy.aspx#72162Fri, 13 Feb 2004 02:25:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:72162The Wayward WebLoghttp://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2004/02/10/the-xml-conspiracy.aspx#77239Fri, 20 Feb 2004 22:48:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:77239IXml* - Welcome to the real worldhttp://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2004/02/10/the-xml-conspiracy.aspx#77381Fri, 20 Feb 2004 23:59:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:77381Brian Beckmanheh -- yup, S-expressions with named pointy brackets. When I first saw XML, I immediately said &quot;oy vey, S-expressions for the 90's?&quot; Oh well, it beat ASN.1http://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2004/02/10/the-xml-conspiracy.aspx#77686Sat, 21 Feb 2004 22:11:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:77686eh?Lame attempt at humorhttp://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2004/02/10/the-xml-conspiracy.aspx#77783Sun, 22 Feb 2004 07:21:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:77783Kirk Allen Evans' XML Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2004/02/10/the-xml-conspiracy.aspx#78179Mon, 23 Feb 2004 05:44:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:78179danI love Conspiracy ;)http://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2004/02/10/the-xml-conspiracy.aspx#84718Fri, 05 Mar 2004 20:19:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:84718Bryant Likes's Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2004/02/10/the-xml-conspiracy.aspx#132009Fri, 14 May 2004 19:14:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:132009Bryant Likes's Blog