Re: Why no XML in the Kernel?

From: Jon Masters
Date: Sun Oct 02 2005 - 13:53:32 EST


On 10/2/05, Ahmad Reza Cheraghi <a_r_cheraghi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Can somebody tell me why the Kernel-Development dont
> wanne have XML is being used in the Kernel??

I think it's mostly because the marketeers haven't got to everyone yet
:-) The kernel might be e-enabled, but it's not fully
iBuzzwordcompliant.

Besides, having a *fully* XML parser/generator in the kernel is
extremely braindead, even if it's called libkernelxml ("I'm not really
quite in the kernel really") or something. What's so wrong with really
simple files being exposed to userspace? Most of these are less than a
single page of data and it's just dandy like that.

Jon.
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