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XML Turns 5

Posted by Hemos on from the changing-times dept.

GiMP writes "According to the World Wide Web Consortium, XML turns 5 years old today. XML is used by many programs as a generic container for data. Applications range from websites, to word processor documents, to video games. It seems like only yesterday it was only a working-draft."

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  1. XXML by vbweenie · · Score: 5, Funny

    XXML - Extensible extensible markup language. Allows you to extend and redefine the EBNF productions which define the XML syntax. Roll your own roll-your-own markup language. Compatible parsers are few and far between, but an experimental application called YACC is rumoured to have some of the required capabilities.

    XXXML, or extensible extensible extensible markup language, is expected to undergo widespread early adoption by pr0n sites, as it permits a hitherto unimaginable flexibility in permutations and combinations of content...

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  2. well then by LittleBigLui · · Score: 5, Funny
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    Free as in mason.
    1. Re:well then by sporty · · Score: 2, Funny

      Non validated. We'll have to discard your entry if we just don't find it to conform. sorry.

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      ping -f 255.255.255.255 # if only

    2. Re:well then by duffbeer703 · · Score: 3, Funny

      XML continues to simplify our lives!

      Just think, if we spoke XML, we could easy exchange data between people without speaking their language!

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  3. xml turns 5... by mmport80 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... and does anyone know for sure what it's good for yet ?!? :P

  4. Get Facts Straight. by 4of12 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, even though "XML" doesn't obey proper grammatical rules, this Roman figures it to add up to one thousand forty.

    Plus, most people know that 1040 is associated with April 15 (at least in the USA)..

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    1. Re:Get Facts Straight. by 4of12 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Smaller numbers to the left of larger numbers are subtracted instead of summed.

      Good thing tax returns are in Arabic. The Romans would not have tolerated these kinds of arithmetic mistakes,

      Ignorantia legis neminem excusat.
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  5. Re:Quite old.. by ahy · · Score: 5, Funny


    <reply type="flame">
    <quote><text><sentence type="question" language="english"> I wonder what replacements are in development, if any?</sentence></text></quote>

    <text><sentence type="answer" language="english">Hopefully a more compact format.</sentence></text>
    </reply>