Comment by diggan

3 months ago

> XML just lost naturally, like GOPHER

Lost? The format is literally everywhere and a few more places. Hard to say something lost when it's so deeply embedded all over the place. Sure, most developers today reach for JSON by default, but I don't think that means every other format "lost".

Not sure why there is always such a focus on who is the "winner" and who is the "loser", things can co-exists just fine.

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sharpfuryz  3 months ago

Do you use it daily in browser?

  • jeroenhd  3 months ago

    Tons of APIs and applications work with XML. XSLT less so; that's more of a backend language.

  • MrVandemar  3 months ago

    Immaterial. If the answer is either 'yes' or 'no', it makes no actual difference: gopher still exists, is still a thing, is still successful. It feels like you're just trying to move the goal-posts and redefine what 'lose' means and trying to lure the poster into a "gotcha".

    • sharpfuryz  3 months ago

      It's not about a "gotcha." Browsers once supported the GOPHER protocol but dropped it around a decade ago. This serves as an analogy: if users don't use XSLT/XML daily, browsers may eventually drop support for XSLT - supporting features cost money

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