Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 04:49:45 +0000 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syslog.conf syntax change (multiple program/host specifications) Message-ID: <200302130449.45547.wes@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <3E4B055A.641E4B6A@mindspring.com> References: <200302122038.PAA00115@thunderer.cnchost.com> <3E4B055A.641E4B6A@mindspring.com>
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On Thursday 13 February 2003 02:39, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Bakul Shah wrote:
> > In my view XML is to data representation what Roman numerals
> > are to math.
>
> *This* belongs in the fortunes database.
>
> > Rather than repeat all the arguments I'll point you to what
> > knowledgeable people like Erik Naggum have to say about XML
> > (search comp.lang.lisp on groups.google.com). Naggum used to
> > be a strong proponent of SGML until he "saw the light"! A
> > couple of recent thread on XML on comp.lang.lisp are worth
> > browsing.
>
> Erik is hardly unbiased. Back "in the old days" of the early
> 1990's, when we were first discussing the formulation of the
> SGML standard on Usenet, he lost some bitter battles with the
> main SGML guys about representation in DTD's and a number of
> other points. He may or may not be the "forgive and forget"
> type of guy.
Uh, formulation of the SGML standard in the early 90s? I bought
my first copy of the ISO SGML standard before I left Logicon in
1987. I might still have it around here somewhere...
--
Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com
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