> I think many involved in XML assume you'll use a nice editor to hide the
> syntax.
>
That never worked for Lisp. The s-exp syntax was always supposed to be an
internal syntax; the top-level syntax never got fully implemented. Once
people realized it was forthcoming, they tried to build smarter editors ---
and instead ended up with editors that knew a whole lot about parens.
jb
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