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Re: Is XML text?

From: John Peacock <jpeacock_at_rowman.com>
Date: 2004-06-11 14:28:46 CEST

John Peacock wrote:
> Human readable is not the same thing as machine readable.

Before someone smacks me, that's not what I meant. ;)

I meant that human readable doesn't mean that any generic software (like diff)
can process it consistently. The context of surrounding lines that diff relies
on to make it work isn't the same as the context of the XML structure required
to be well-formed.

John

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