Remember that XML is a de jure standard, not a de facto one (well, we can pick nits about whether a "recommendation" from the W3C is a "standard" or not, but most Corps see it that way, and there are plans afoot to put XML through the ISO). That's very important to PHBs. And if you prefer de facto standards, well there's always MS Excel ;-)
But yes, if everyone thinks everyone else uses it, everyone does start to use it. That's what happened with Java - Sun spent billions (yes, literally) of dollars selling it via articles and advertising and so on, and they convinced the world that it was the next big thing, and lo and behold, it was the next big thing. The beauty of XML is that everyone else is spending billions promoting it, yet we as Perl hackers get to play in the same ballpark as the MegaCorps, which is nice for a change.
-
Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
-
Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big>
<blockquote> <br /> <dd>
<dl> <dt> <em> <font>
<h1> <h2> <h3> <h4>
<h5> <h6> <hr /> <i>
<li> <nbsp> <ol> <p>
<small> <strike> <strong>
<sub> <sup> <table>
<td> <th> <tr> <tt>
<u> <ul>
-
Snippets of code should be wrapped in
<code> tags not
<pre> tags. In fact, <pre>
tags should generally be avoided. If they must
be used, extreme care should be
taken to ensure that their contents do not
have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent
horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor
intervention).
-
Want more info? How to link
or How to display code and escape characters
are good places to start.
|
