- Increasing the spread of Component Pascal & BlackBox

From: Douglas G. Danforth <"Douglas>
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 15:10:47 -0400

----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1162346597_-_- Content-type: text/plain Bob Walkden wrote: [...] I think it should be possible to store all ontents in a XML format and write a converter/importer/exporter to store the contents of odc (without any loss) in XML. [...] Please, please, please, please, please, not XML! It is one of the most horrific atrocities to be inflicted on the world since smallpox, and (it seems to me) to be the polar opposite of everything Wirthian. You know, I have wondered why 'markup' languages have become so popular. I really don't get it. I can make the argument that one wants a platform independent representation of text, image, and programs. However, why do this based on yet another baroque syntax? The BlackBox document format can do everything that I need to do. The generalization would be to have a platform independent form of BlackBox and just store .odc files on the web that when downloaded into your BlackBox browser displayed the contexts (or animated the objects e.g. rotating cube). It seems to me that a 'markup' language satisfies a certain level of 'complexity' that must exist before the techies consider it worth using. If it is too simple, 'not interested'. If it is complex, then 'it is a challenge!'. 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