Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact cocoon-dev-help@xml.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list cocoon-dev@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 49263 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2000 17:58:22 -0000 Received: from e23.nc.us.ibm.com (32.97.136.229) by locus.apache.org with SMTP; 14 Apr 2000 17:58:22 -0000 Received: from southrelay02.raleigh.ibm.com (southrelay02.raleigh.ibm.com [9.37.3.209]) by e23.nc.us.ibm.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA29172 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:40:26 -0500 From: rubys@us.ibm.com Received: from d54mta04.raleigh.ibm.com (d54mta04.raleigh.ibm.com [9.67.228.36]) by southrelay02.raleigh.ibm.com (8.8.8m2/NCO v2.06) with SMTP id NAA41934 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:58:19 -0400 Received: by d54mta04.raleigh.ibm.com(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.5 (863.2 5-20-1999)) id 852568C1.0062B685 ; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:58:12 -0400 X-Lotus-FromDomain: IBMUS To: cocoon-dev@xml.apache.org Message-ID: <852568C1.0062B3B3.00@d54mta04.raleigh.ibm.com> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:56:04 -0400 Subject: Re: Java and XML Beta Chapter Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Boy, us humans are such complex beasts. In the very same note, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > Brett is just saying that much of the machinery behind O'Reilly > publishing system is written in PERL and we all know that PERL is great > at something but extremely poor at something else. > Let's not go over this again and, please, people, let's try to be more > politically-correct with languages, ok? ;-) Stefano, don't you realize that Perl is great at absolutely *everything*. ;-) As is Java... As is TCL... As is XML... Just ask any religious zealot. Me? I'm a certified heathen. - Sam Ruby P.S. Don't tell me XML is different.