[Gllug] [OT?] Please sign my Google petition ...

[Ian Norton]

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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