Re: [Nolug] an impressive resume

Exactly...XML isn't a true language, it has no commands, and merely consists
of < />. You create your own tags in it, and it does absolutely nothing.
Yes, the L stands for language, but it's more of a (lousy and inefficient)
structure rather than a language. That's like trying to call TXT, CSV, or
even XLS a language. You then use an actualy language, such as PHP, Python,
C++, etc to do something with that structured data.

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:15 AM, B. Estrade <estrabd@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 09:16:05AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 01/16/09 08:36, Chris Jones wrote:
> > >hahaha...I also didn't know that XML was a language...
> > >
> >
> > Really? The L in XML means Language.
>
> Boy, you guys can turn anything into an argument :)...
>
> Chris meant a programming language. And sure it is a "language," but
> it is a markup/description language. And before you say that some
> languages use XML tags as syntax (e.g., ColdFusion), that is not the
> same thing as purporting that XML itself is a programming language or
> that one thinks it is strongly enough to put it on their resume. It is
> simple ignorance.
>
> Brett
>
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