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		classified 31 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MAML – A new configuration language The "ML" in "XML" stands for Markup Language!

OJFord 31 days ago [–]

As it does in MAML.

classified 31 days ago | [–]

oneeyedpigeon put it succinctly:

Occasional misuse doesn't change its nature. It seems as if MAML cannot be used as a markup language.

The name "XML" stems form a time when the suffix "ML" hasn't been sufficiently perverted by ignoramuses to mean nothing any more.

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