Relatively speaking, XML is very readable
- “Compare [XML] to what came before this:
inscrutable undocumented binary files, INI files consisting only of key-value pairs,
fixed-width flat files, delimited text files —
Let’s not forget our past, folks.” — John - “Please everyone go and use EDI and then come back and tell me how much XML sucks (comparatively). You just don’t know how good you got it now.” —
Kearns
- “I think you really have to have lived in EDI land to really get the value of XML.” — Steel McLargeHuge