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I just had to look through XML at work. What an ugly format!


There use to be a saying, "XML is like violence, if it's not working just add more!".


Why use 5000 characters when you could use 9000?


DOCX or OOXML takes it to another level.

Instead of making something an attribute, they make it a child element...




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