Ken Hirsch <[log in to unmask]> wisely wrote:

>  > "Because everyone else is doing it".  How sad, indeed.  Please note that
>>  I have nothing against XML (or any other technology, for that matter).
>>  What worries me is the reasoning behind the "you have to do it anyway"
>>  argument.
>
>No! For a lot of things, that would be a bad reason, but for communication
>protocols and data interchange formats, that's a great reason.

You are right.  In computerdom, we all use English, precisely because of
the "great reason" that you brought to my attention.  Excellent point.

Thanks!

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