Re: [Sheflug] Re: Open Office

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Alex Hudson wrote:

> XML parses faster than a lot of things. It compresses fantastically. You can
> transport it over practically anything. XML is a joy to work with (I do).

I just look at formats like VRML and wonder what were they thinking. Yeah,
you have to do a bit of trickery with a binary format (I'm thinking
endianness issues), but even a wr.l.gz file is an absolute monster
compared with the less than 100% efficient 3DS format. The reason it
compresses fantastically is the large amount of redundancy.

> CSS is less necessary these days - although, if CSS makes you ill, don't
> look at XSLT/XSL.

I think XSLT is a lot better TBH. CSS really bites me with the way it's
selectors and stuff are laid out. I'm sure W3 have it in for me. And why
has that van been parked across the street for the last two days? :)

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