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Subject:Re: Systems are tools too! From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:49:42 -0800
Damien Braniff wrote:
>
> An interesting debate on systems/structurethis but one where, I feel,
> the two sides will never reach full accord. Both come from, I assume,
> their own experience and we are all moulded to a greater or lesser
> degree by our experiences be it with systems, agencies or whatever.
Maybe this is the place to quote Kipling: "There are nine and sixty
ways of constructing tribal lays/ And every single one of them is
right."
Corny, maybe, but to the point.
It's not past belief - my belief, anyway - that always using a
markup language would make Andrew a poorer writer than he is using
his methods. Similarly, XML advocates probably do their best work in
a markup language.
But, then, I'm long past the point of believing six or seven
impossible things before breakfast, so what do I know?
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