Re: convert text to xml

XML is eXtensible Markup Language. It is text. It's not some magical thing. It's not a programming language like Perl, Java, or C++. It's just like HTML - a way of embedding context and structure in with text.

You can add XML to text to add structure, just like you would do so with HTML. XML isn't a format, not like PDF or DOC or TXT or such.

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Re: Re: convert text to xml by hawtin (Prior) on Jan 31, 2003 at 23:31 UTC
It's not some magical thing. It's not a programming language like Perl, Java, or C++... Hmm, obviously Perl poetry is plain text converted to Perl but how would I convert plain text to Java or C++? :-)	[reply]
What Perl poetry isn't. by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Feb 03, 2003 at 15:02 UTC
Uh ... no. Perl poetry is not plain text converted to Perl. It's Perl given a context humans can interpret other than as a computer program. You can write Java poetry and C++ poetry. I'm not sure it would be as pretty, but it's do-able. (Heck, you can write ASM poetry, but I have no idea who would find that interesting. Still, people like piano-playing involving 2x4's ... it takes all types, I guess.) ------ We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age. Don't go borrowing trouble. For programmers, this means Worry only about what you need to implement.	[reply]