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hollerith on July 17, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Using XPath in 2023

"XML-lite"

XML's creation (or definition) in the early 1990s was motivated mainly by a desire for an SGML-lite.

marcosdumay on July 17, 2023 [–]

And it was a great goal, as it made SGML borderline usable.

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