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Hi Bob,
> [...]
> >
> > 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.
>
hmm, yes, XML is one of these all-in-one device suitable for every purpose
(in german there is an idiom "eierlegende Wollmilchsau" verbally translated
an "oviparous swine (pork, pig) bearing wool and giving milk" which was
translated by
http://www.dict.org to the idiom above), but it seems to be
an accepted standard in industry. I several times started to read into XML
but stopped frustrated.
What alternative would you suggest? Are there any?
regards
Bernhard
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