2018-04-05 0:29 GMT+02:00, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam(a)courier-mta.com>:
Andras Simon writes:
[...]
> I can't resist recommending the late Erik Naggum's xml
rant (one of
> many):
>
>
https://www.schnada.de/grapt/eriknaggum-xmlrant.html
>
> To whet your appetite, here's a short excerpt:
>
> "In many ways, the current American presidency and XML have much in
> common. Both have clear lineages back to very intelligent people.
> Both demonstrate what happens when you give retards the tools of the
> intelligent."
I will agree with this, in some specific circumstances. For example: this is
a perfect explanation for SOAP and WSDL.
But, I find Docbook XML to be irreplacable, when it comes to writing
technical documentation that serves as a single source of both manual pages
and publishable HTML. And, it's infinitely hackable. Like I mentioned, with
some hacking I can now easily embed links from my Docbook-based tutorials to
Doxygen-generated C++ class documentation.
<lameAttemptAtHumour>
Then you should also read Erik Naggum's C++ rants.
</lameAttemptAtHumour>
But of course, most of us should stick to the tools we're comfortable
(or are required to work) with.