It's been a few years since XML burst onto the development world with the promise of making it simple to exchange data. Unfortunately, given all of the time and hype, exchanging data is still hard. There are even some sites popping up with the express purpose of bashing XML [XML Suck][via Slashdot]. Now that I have started to use XML, I am finding that it isn't so great afterall. My biggest gripe is that it is almost impossible to write readable XML code. The formatting makes it very hard to visually distinguish between language elements and data. I can't even imagine writing complex code in XSLT. Code written in that language is almost completely illegible. 5:41:57 PM    comment []  

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