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From: "bryan" <bry@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 10:01:09 +0200



>> I am sorry Bill, but XML is not a language but a meta 
>> language.

>I thought a meta language was a kind of language.

Wel if one gets abstract enough just about everything is a language. 

If a meta language has to possess all the normally defined qualities of
a 'language' whatever these are, then yes a 'meta-language' is a
language.




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Is XML a Language? (was RE: [xsl] XSLT Architecture: Next Step) Bill Cohagan - Sat, 5 Jul 2003 08:28:10 -0500 Michael Kay - Sun, 6 Jul 2003 23:16:42 +0100 bryan - Mon, 7 Jul 2003 10:01:09 +0200 <= Didier PH Martin - Mon, 07 Jul 2003 08:37:02 -0400 Michael Kay - Mon, 7 Jul 2003 15:26:45 +0100 Didier PH Martin - Mon, 07 Jul 2003 10:43:20 -0400 <Possible follow-ups> Claudio Russo - Mon, 7 Jul 2003 10:40:33 -0300

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Is XML a Language? (was RE: [xsl] XSLT Architecture: Next Step)
- Bill Cohagan - Sat, 5 Jul 2003 08:28:10 -0500
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      - Michael Kay - Mon, 7 Jul 2003 15:26:45 +0100
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  - Claudio Russo - Mon, 7 Jul 2003 10:40:33 -0300

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