XML vs Python?

[Tim Lavoie]

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Boddie <paul at boddie.net> writes:

    Paul> kaz at ashi.footprints.net (Kaz Kylheku) wrote in message
    Paul> news:<cf333042.0301232326.582ac37 at posting.google.com>...
    >> Do you know that Lisp programmers have been storing data as
    >> nested lists for forty years? You have rediscovered the wheel.

    Paul> Sounds like the shortened version of a typical Erik Naggum
    Paul> rant about XML:

    Paul>
    Paul> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3250033069468718%40naggum.no

    Paul> (Only without the bandwidth-defying departure from the
    Paul> subject of relevance.)

At least with Lisp you have a powerful programming language with a
natural way to express complex nested data. If you want to see
something truly bletcherous, have a gander at those who try to write
programs in XML.  <<shudder>> Check out:

  http://www.waterlang.org/doc/tutorial_fast_intro.html