Other things I don't get

[Hal Snyder]

Per Bergqvist <per@REDACTED> writes:

> Regarding parlay they have now started to publish xml/soap interfaces.
> xml/soap for traffical interfaces is even more bizarro.               
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> I asked a colleague the other day if he could explain one good thing  
> with xml and the funny thing is that he was totally confused about    
> this too.                                                             
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> If I think xml as such is totally overrated, I believe that soap is   
> pure stupidity.  Since this xml hysteria has been bugging for quite   
> some time now it would be interesting to hear others opinions.        
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> Am I way off here ???                                                 

Maybe, but you're not alone. One of my favorite XML debunking rants
came from Marcus Ranum on the loganalysis list:

http://lists.jammed.com/loganalysis/2002/06/0027.html