Are Extensible Programming Languages Coming?

gManZboy writes "Programming writer and instructor Greg Wilson is proposing that the next generation of programming languages will use XML to store not only such things as formatting (so you can see indentation your way, and I can see it my way, via XSLT) but even programmatic entities -- like: <invoke-expr method="myMethod"><evaluate>record</evaluate></invoke-expr>. Wacky, but perhaps wacky enough to be possible?"

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Re:Is this guy serious?

[the_mad_poster]

There is no such thing as XML goodness. XML is a stupid idea from stupid people who sell it to other stupid people. I have never once encountered a situation where there was any need to encapsulate data in XML in which the gains in flexibility weren't outweighed by the problems of unnecessary bloat and additional complexity in maintenance.

If people were smart enough to document there data transmission procedures in the first place and modularize the components in their systems, it wouldn't take any more time to rewrite the transmission and storage methods of a system than it does to rewrite the stupid XML files and DTDs when you merge or change a system.