From: "James Britt (rubydev)" <james@...>
Date: 2002-01-24T10:48:24+09:00
Subject: RE: RANT: Ruby GUI API

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> James Britt (rubydev) wrote:
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> > You may want to check out this article on functional programming and XML:
> > http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/02/14/functional.html
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> Thanks.  Let me rephrase my statement: I believe XML is not a good choice 
> as a programming syntax, whether the programming style is OO or FP.  XML is 
> great at providing metadata for content; this does not mean that it is 
> easily parsed by the human brain, or is an efficient or intuitive way of 
> laying out programming logic.

I tend to agree. If I'm do S-expressing coding, I don't really want to look
at bulky markup.   (Though some people claim that functional programming *is*
efficient and intuitive.  We'll be hearing that from the LotY folks, I bet.)


James

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