[Gllug] [OT?] Please sign my Google petition ...
Ian Norton
bredroll at darkspace.org.uk
Wed Jun 9 11:06:56 UTC 2004
On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 11:04:37AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 10:51:10AM +0100, Tethys wrote:
> > XHTML is purely a marketing gimmick to be buzzword compliant by reworking
> > everything in XML. Bleurgh!
>
> Aahh, you'll enjoy The Parable of the Languages then...
>
> <quote src=http://weblog.burningbird.net/archives/2002/10/08/the-parable-of-the-languages>
> XML! Exclaimed C++. What are you doing here? You're not a programming
> language.
>
> Tell that to the people who use me, said XML.
>
> ...snip...
>
> And yet, all I am is a simple little markup, from
> humble origins. It's a burden, being XML.
>
> At that XML sighed, and the other languages, moved by its plight
> gathered around...
>
> ...and tromped that little XML into the dirt. Yes, into the very dirt at
> their feet. Basic tromped, and C++ tromped, and Java cleaned and tromped and
> cleaned again, and COBOL tried to throw a kick at XML's head but fell over
> on its cane. Even LISP pulled itself out of the pond to throw loopy hands
> around XML's throat, but only managed to choke its ownself.
>
> And each language could be heard to mumble as it tromped and tromped and
> tromped, with complete and utter glee:
>
> Have to parse XML, eh? Have to have an XML API, eh? Have to work
> with SOAP and XML-RPC and RSS and RDF, eh?
>
> Well parse this, you little markup asshole.
> </quote>
>
> Dan :-)
Excellent :-D
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